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NPV (Section B)

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  • March 27, 2018 at 3:44 pm #443909
    qaz360
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    Hello.

    Here is the question I’m struggling with:
    ???????????????????????????????????
    Mukund Co is an all equity financed company that is considering a new project.
    Its beta factor is 1.2 but the project has 25% more business risk.
    The cashflows of the project, all in $s,
    including the scrap value at time 5, are as follows:

    Cashflow (200,000) 28,000 35,000 42,000 90,000 120,000
    Timing ——- 0 ———- 1 ——– 2 ——— 3 ——— 4 ——— 5

    The risk free rate is 6% and the return of the market is 14%.
    Tax at 30% has been taken into an Islamic country,
    and wishes to know what is allowable under Islamic finance.

    ***Calculate the net present value of the project at a cost of capital of 20%.
    ??????????????????????????????????

    I thought the answer could simply come out from
    multiplying CF by the discount factor of 20%

    (Yr.1 28k x 0.833) + (Yr.2 35k x 0.694) + (Yr.3 42k x 0.579)
    + (Yr.4 90k x 0.482) + (Yr.5 120k x 0.402)

    which would be ($36448).

    But when I checked the answer,
    the Yr. 2’s CF was 75k and Yr.3’s CF was 90k instead,
    and the answer was $20262.

    Would you please explain me through about this problem?

    Thank you.
    Yujin

    March 27, 2018 at 4:39 pm #443920
    John Moffat
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    Where on earth did you find this question? I ask, because assuming that you have copied everything correctly, it does not make any sense – especially “tax at 30% has been taken into an Islamic country” does not mean anything!!!
    Also, for the question to say that the beta factor is 1.2, but the project has 25% more business risk, and then to ask you to discount at 20%, again is nonsense.

    As to where the answer has got the 75K and the 90K from, I have no idea. Does the answer not show the workings?

    If it is a question from the BPP Revision Kit, or if it is a past exam question, then tell me which the question is, so that I can read the whole question myself. However, I will be surprised if it is from either.

    You really should be using a Revision Kit from one of the ACCA approved publishers. Their questions are exam standard, and they have answers together with explanations.

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