1) Why is it beneficial to routinely compare the cost ofindividual investments to future earnings and cash flows?
To rank investments To keep your boss happy To practice my accounting skills 2) What is a synonym for capital investment analysis? Choosethe best answer:
Capital budgeting Balance Sheet Income Statement 3) What are two methods to evaluate capital investments thatdo not use present values?
Average rate of return method Cash payback method Double declining balance depreciation 4) What are two methods to evaluate investments that usepresent value?
Statement of cash flows Net present value method Internal rate of return method 5) The time value of money concept recognizes that:
A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow becausetoday's dollar can earn interest. The Federal Reserve Board raised the interest rate. Straight line depreciation is better than the double decliningbalance method. 6) The internal rate of return method of analysis is used toevaluate proposed capital investments. It uses present valueconcepts to compute the rate of return from the net cash flowsexpected from the investment. Are there any disadvantage of the IRRmethod?
7) Assume the average rate of return for investment A and Bamounts to 10% (A) verses 20% (B). Which investment is preferable,and why?
8) Explain how to compute the net present value of aninvestment, in your own words.
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Capital Budgeting Decision
Here is Project 2:
Hampton Company: The production department has beeninvestigating possible ways to trim total production costs. Onepossibility currently being examined is to make the cans instead ofpurchasing them. The equipment needed would cost $1,000,000, with adisposal value of $200,000, and would be able to produce 27,500,000cans over the life of the machinery. The production departmentestimates that approximately 5,500,000 cans would be needed foreach of the next 5 years.
The company would hire six new employees. These six individualswould be full-time employees working 2,000 hours per year andearning $15.00 per hour. They would also receive the same benefitsas other production employees, 15% of wages in addition to $2,000of health benefits.
It is estimated that the raw materials will cost 30¢ per can andthat other variable costs would be 10¢ per can. Because there iscurrently unused space in the factory, no additional fixed costswould be incurred if this proposal is accepted.
It is expected that cans would cost 50¢ each if purchased fromthe current supplier. The company's minimum rate of return (hurdlerate) has been determined to be 11% for all new projects, and thecurrent tax rate of 35% is anticipated to remain unchanged. Thepricing for the companyâs products as well as number of units soldwill not be affected by this decision. The unit-of-productiondepreciation method would be used if the new equipment ispurchased.
Required:
1. Based on the above information and using Excel, calculate thefollowing items for this proposed equipment purchase.
Annual cash flows over the expected life of the equipment
Payback period
Simple rate of return
Net present value
Internal rate of return
The check figure for the total annual after-tax cash flows is$271,150.
2. Would you recommend the acceptance of this proposal? Why orwhy not? Prepare a short, double-spaced paper in MS Wordelaborating on and supporting your answer.
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| Project 2 | ||||||||
| Data: | ||||||||
| Cost of new equipment | ||||||||
| Expected life of equipment inyears | ||||||||
| Disposal value in 5 years | ||||||||
| Life productionânumber ofcans | ||||||||
| Annual production or purchaseneeds | ||||||||
| Initial training costs | ||||||||
| Number of workers needed | ||||||||
| Annual hours to be worked peremployee | ||||||||
| Earnings per hour foremployees | ||||||||
| Annual health benefits peremployee | ||||||||
| Other annual benefits peremployeeâ% of wages | ||||||||
| Cost of raw materials percan | ||||||||
| Other variable productioncosts per can | ||||||||
| Costs to purchase cansâpercan | ||||||||
| Required rate of return | ||||||||
| Tax rate | ||||||||
| Make | Purchase | |||||||
| Cost toProduce | ||||||||
| Annual cost ofdirect material: | ||||||||
| Need of 1 million cans peryear | ||||||||
| Annual cost ofdirect labor for new employees: | ||||||||
| Wages | ||||||||
| Health benefits | ||||||||
| Other benefits | ||||||||
| Total wagesand benefits | ||||||||
| Other variableproduction costs | ||||||||
| Total annualproduction costs | ||||||||
| Annual cost topurchase cans | ||||||||
| Part 1Cash Flows Over the Life of the Project | ||||||||
| Before Tax | Tax | After Tax | ||||||
| Item | Amount | Effect | Amount | |||||
| Annual cash savings | ||||||||
| Tax savings due todepreciation | ||||||||
| Total after-tax annual cashflow | ||||||||
| Part 2Payback Period | ||||||||
| Part 3Simple Rate of Return | ||||||||
| Accounting incomeas result of decreased costs | ||||||||
| Annual cash savings | ||||||||
| Less depreciation | ||||||||
| Before tax income | ||||||||
| Tax at 35% rate | ||||||||
| After tax income | ||||||||
| Part 4Net Present Value | ||||||||
| Before Tax | After Tax | 10% PV | Present | |||||
| Item | Year | Amount | Tax % | Amount | Factor | Value | ||
| Cost of machine | ||||||||
| Cost of training | ||||||||
| Annual cash savings | ||||||||
| Tax savings due todepreciation | ||||||||
| Disposal value | ||||||||
| Net Present Value | ||||||||
| Part 5Internal Rate of Return | ||||||||
| Excel function method tocalculate IRR | ||||||||
| This functionrequires that you have only one cash flow per period (Period 0through Period 5, for our example). | ||||||||
| This means that noannuity figures can be used. The chart for our example can berevised as follows. | ||||||||
| After Tax | ||||||||
| Item | Year | Amount | ||||||
| Cost of machine andtraining | 0 | |||||||
| Year 1 inflow | 1 | |||||||
| Year 2 inflow | 2 | |||||||
| Year 3 inflow | 3 | |||||||
| Year 4 inflow | 4 | |||||||
| Year 5 inflow | 5 | |||||||
