ABC Company 29 Minutes ABC Company Is Considering Investing in a Machine That Costs $800,000
Corporate Financing ABC Company 29 minutes ABC Company is considering investing in a machine that costs $800,000. The incremental pre-tax financial impacts are summarised below: Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 Investment -800,000 Sales 800,000 840,000 882,000 926,100 972,405 COGS 480,000 504,000 529,200 555,660 583,443 Expenses 80,000 84,000 88,200 92,610 97,241 Depreciation 160,000 160,000 160,000 160,000 160,000 EBIT 80,000 92,000 104,600 117,830 131,721 Interest 0 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Life of project: 5 years The machine is expected to reduce working capital requirements by $100,000 as soon as the machine is installed and starts operating. The machine is expected to be sold at the end of 5 years at an estimated salvage value of $100,000 before tax. At that time, the machine is expected to have fully depreciated for tax purposes. The tax jurisdiction levies a profits tax and capital gains tax of 25%. Required (a) Based on NPV and using an after tax cost of capital of 10%, should the company invest in this initiative? (10 marks) (b) IRR is another popular capital budgeting tool and usually gives the same result as NPV. Describe two circumstances in which IRR will give a conflicting result compared to NPV. (4 marks) (c) What is capital rationing? Describe why the profitability index method can help a company to rank investment projects in a capital rationing situation. (2 marks) (Total = 16 marks) HKICPA December 2012 478 chapter 13 Cost of capital Topic list 1 The cost of capital 3.9 Problems with applying the CAPM in 1.1 Aspects of the cost of
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