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JJitin8y ago
Not sure how to answer this question - John, please help. Thanks ------------- Juicy and Co is considering investing in a new industrial juicer for use on a new contract. It will cost $150,000 and will last 2 Years. Juicy and Co pays corporation tax at 30% (as the cash flow occurs) and due to the health benefits of juicing, the machine attracts 100% tax allowable depreciation immediately. Given the cost of capital is 10%, what is the minimum value of the pre-tax contract revenue receivable in 2 years which would be required to recover the net cost of the juicer? ----------
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor8y ago#1
I am puzzled that you have not understood from the answer in the BPP book :-) You need to use a little bit of algebra. Suppose the revenue is X Then the cash flows are: 0 initial cost (150,000) 0 tax saving on cost (30% x 150,000) 45,000 2 revenue X 2 tax on revenue (0.3X) which simplifies to 0 (105,000) 2 0.7X For the NPV to be zero, the PV of 0.7X must be equal to 105,000 The PV of 0.7X is 0.7X multiplied by the 2 year discount factor at 10%. So X = (105,000 / 2 year discount fact at 10%) / 0.7 (Check that the question is exactly as you have copied it. If the revenue is each year for 2 years, then you need to do as above but divide by the 2 year annuity factor at 10%).
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