Question 1 (25 marks) Home Guardian has recently completed a $200,000, two-year study on its new pest control device. It can go into production for an initial investment in equipment of $5 million....

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Pulkit answered on May 07 2020
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Question 1
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Particulars
    year 0
    year 1
    year 2
    year 3
    year 4
    year 5
    Cash outflows
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Preliminary expense
    200000
    
    
    
    
    
    Equipment purchased
    5000000
    
    
    
    

    
    Land Purchased
    300000
    
    
    
    
    
    Current Assets
    400000
    
    
    
    
    
    Total cash outflows
    5700000
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Cash Inflows
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Sales
    
    2000000
    2000000
    2000000
    2000000
    2000000
    Less: Fixed Cost
    
    500000
    500000
    500000
    500000
    500000
    Less: Depreciation
    
    1000000
    1000000
    1000000
    1000000
    1000000
    Earnings before tax
    
    500000
    500000
    500000
    500000
    500000
    Less: Tax
    
    150000
    150000
    150000
    150000
    150000
    Less: capital gain tax
    
    
    
    
    
    420000
    Earnings after tax
    
    350000
    350000
    350000
    350000
    -70000
    Add: Depreciation
    
    1000000
    1000000
    1000000
    1000000
    1000000
    Earnings after tax before
depreciation
    
    1350000
    1350000
    1350000
    1350000
    930000
    Sale of land
    
    
    
    
    
    500000
    Sale of equipment
    
    
    
    
    
    1200000
    Realisation of current assets
    
    
    
    
    
    400000
    Total cash inflows
    
    1350000
    1350000
    1350000
    1350000
    3030000
    Present value @ 12%
    
    0.893
    0.797
    0.712
    0.636
    0.567
    Present value of net cash inflows
    
    1205550
    1075950
    961200
    858600
    1718010
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    NPV = Present value of cash inflows-cash outflows = (1205550 + 1075950 + 961200 + 858600 + 1718010) - 5700000 = 119310
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    We should undertake the project as it has got positive higher NPV
    
    
    
    
Working Note:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    -Depreciation on equipment
    1000000
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    -Capital gain tax
    
    
    
    
    
    
    capital gain
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Land
    200000
    
    
    
    
    
    equipment
    1200000
    
    
    
    
    
    Total
    1400000
    
    
    
    
    
    Capital gain tax
    420000
    
    
    
    
    
Question 2
Part a
The formula for weighted average cost of capital WACC is
WACC = E/V x Re + D/V x Rd x (1 – Tc)
Where:
Re = cost of equity
Rd = cost of debt
E = market value of the firm’s equity
D = market value of the firm’s debt
V = E + D
E/V =...
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