accounting problems
Discussion
Questions
12-1.
What are the important
administrative considerations in the capital budgeting process?
12-3.
What
are the weaknesses of the payback method?
12-5.
What
does the term mutually exclusive investments mean?
12-6.
How
does the modified internal rate of return include concepts from both the
traditional internal rate of return and the net present value methods?
12-7.
If a corporation has
projects that will earn more than the cost of capital, should it ration
capital?
12-8.
What
is the net present value profile? What three points should be determined to
graph the profile?
12-9.
How
does an asset’s ADR (asset depreciation range) relate to its MACRS category?
Problems
1. Assume a corporation has earnings before
depreciation and taxes of $90,000, depreciation of $40,000, and that it is in a
30 percent tax bracket. Compute its cash flow using the format below.
Earnings before depreciation and taxes _____
Depreciation _____
Earnings before taxes _____
Taxes @ 30% _____
Earnings after taxes _____
Depreciation _____
Cash flow _____
2. a. In problem 1, how much would cash flow be if there were only $10,000
in depreciation? All other factors are the same.
b. How much cash flow is lost due to the reduced depreciation between problems
1 and 2a?
3. Assume a firm has earnings before
depreciation and taxes of $200,000 and no depreciation. It is in a 40 percent
tax bracket.
a. Compute its cash flow.
b. Assume it has $200,000 in depreciation.
Recompute its cash flow.
c. How large a cash flow benefit did the
depreciation provide?
4. Bob Cole, the president of a New York
Stock Exchange-listed firm, is very short term oriented and interested in the
immediate consequences of his decisions. Assume a project that will provide an
increase of $3 million in cash flow because of favorable tax consequences, but
carries a three-cent decline in earning per share because of a write-off
against first quarter earnings. What decision might Mr. Cole make?
5. Assume a $100,000 investment and the
following cash flows for two alternatives.
Year
Investment
A
Investment B
1
$30,000
$40,000
2
50,000
30,000
3
20,000
15,000
4
60,000
15,000
5
â
50,000
Which
of the two alternatives would you select under the payback method?
6. Assume a $40,000 investment and the
following cash flows for two alternatives.
Year
Investment X
Investment Y
1
$ 6,000
$15,000
2
8,000
20,000
3
9,000
10,000
4
17,000
â
5
20,000
â
Which
of the alternatives would you select under the payback method?
7. Referring back to problem 6, if the inflow
in the fifth year for Investment X were $20,000,000 instead of $20,000, would
your answer change under the payback method?
8. The Short-Line Railroad is considering a
$100,000 investment in either of two companies. The cash flows are as follows:
Year
Electric Co.
Water Works
1………………
$70,000
$15,000
2………………
15,000
15,000
3………………
15,000
70,000
4-10………….
10,000
10,000
a. Using the payback method, what will the
decision be?
b. Explain why the answer in part a can be misleading.
9. X-treme Vitamin Company is considering two
investments, both of which cost $10,000. The cash flows are as follows:
Year
Project A
Project B
1……………….
$12,000
$10,000
2……………….
8,000
6,000
3……………….
6,000
16,000
a. Which of the two projects should be chosen
based on the payback method?
b. Which of the two projects should be chosen
based on the net present value method? Assume a cost of capital of 10 percent.
c. Should a firm normally have more
confidence in answer a or answer b?
10. You buy a new piece of equipment for
$16,980, and you receive a cash inflow of $3,000 per year for 12 years. What is
the internal rate of return?
11. Warner Business Products is considering the
purchase of a new machine at a cost of $11,070. The machine will provide $2,000
per year in cash flow for eight years. Warnerâs cost of capital is 13 percent.
Using the internal rate of return method, evaluate this project and indicate
whether it should be undertaken.
12. Elgin Restaurant Supplies is analyzing the
purchase of manufacturing equipment that will cost $20,000. The annual cash
inflows for the next three years will be:
Year
Cash Flow
1…………….
$10,000
2…………….
9,000
3…………….
6,500
a. Determine the internal rate of return
using interpolation.
b. With a cost of capital of 12 percent,
should the machine be purchased?
