Exam 12: Income Taxes and the Net Present Value Method

Trammel Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that would require investing $280,000 in equipment with an expected life of 4 years and zero salvage value. Annual incremental sales would be $650,000 and annual incremental cash operating expenses would be $450,000. The project would also require a one-time renovation cost of $100,000 in year 3. The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 7%. The company uses straight-line depreciation. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. -The net present value of the entire project is closest to:

El Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The expected life of the project and the equipment is 3 years and the equipment has zero salvage value. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment and the depreciation expense on the equipment would be $200,000 per year. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The net annual operating cash inflow is the difference between the incremental sales revenue and incremental cash operating expenses. Required: Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

Hothan Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation. The depreciation expense will be $60,000 per year. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The income tax rate is 30% and the after-tax discount rate is 15%. Required: Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

Lasater Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company's tax rate is 35%. The company's after-tax discount rate is 15%. The project would require an investment of $10,000 at the beginning of the project. This working capital would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 2 is:

Glasco Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. -The income tax expense in year 2 is:

Dekle Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. -The income tax expense in year 2 is:

A company anticipates incremental net income (i.e., incremental taxable income) of $50,000 in year 4 of a project. The company's tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 12%. The present value of this future cash flow is closest to:

Foucault Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company's income tax rate is 35% and its after-tax discount rate is 12%. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. -The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 3 is:

Gouker Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. -The net present value of the entire project is closest to:

Starrs Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. -The income tax expense in year 2 is:

Blier Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. The income tax expense in year 2 is:

Corchado Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that involves investing $600,000 in equipment that would have a useful life of 3 years and zero salvage value. The company would also need to invest $30,000 immediately in working capital which would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project in 3 years. The net annual operating cash inflow, which is the difference between the incremental sales revenue and incremental cash operating expenses, would be $310,000 per year. The project would require a one-time renovation expense of $60,000 at the end of year 2. The company uses straight-line depreciation and the depreciation expense on the equipment would be $200,000 per year. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The income tax rate is 35%. The after-tax discount rate is 6%. Required: Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

The following information concerning a proposed capital budgeting project has been provided by Wick Corporation: The expected life of the project is 4 years. The income tax rate is 35%. The after-tax discount rate is 14%. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment and the annual depreciation expense would be $60,000. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the project is closest to:

Skolfield Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that would require investing $280,000 in equipment with an expected life of 4 years and zero salvage value. Annual incremental sales would be $590,000 and annual incremental cash operating expenses would be $470,000. The project would also require an immediate investment in working capital of $20,000 which would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The project would also require a one-time renovation cost of $30,000 in year 3. The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 15%. The company uses straight-line depreciation. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. -The income tax expense in year 2 is:

Dekle Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. -The net present value of the entire project is closest to:

Unless the organization is tax-exempt, income taxes should be considered when using net present value analysis to make capital budgeting decisions.

Deninno Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that would require investing $240,000 in equipment with a 4 year useful life and zero salvage value. Data concerning that project appear below: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The company's tax rate is 30% and the after-tax discount rate is 9%. Required: Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

The release of working capital at the end of an investment project is not a taxable cash inflow.

Alopecia Hair Tonic Corporation is considering an investment project that is expected to generate net cash inflows of $65,000 per year for 4 years. The only initial investment funds required will be a $150,000 increase in working capital. This will be released at the end of the 4 years. Alopecia's after-tax cost of capital is 12% and its tax rate is 30%. The net present value of this investment project is closest to:

Schlagel Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The expected life of the project and the equipment is 3 years and the equipment has zero salvage value. The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment and the depreciation expense on the equipment would be $150,000 per year. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The net annual operating cash inflow is the difference between the incremental sales revenue and incremental cash operating expenses. Required: Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!