Dog Up! Franks is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $460,000. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the project's five-year life, at the end of which the sausage system can be scrapped for $55,000. The sausage system will save the firm $155,000 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $29,000. If the tax rate is 21 percent and the discount rate is 10 percent, what is the NPV of this project?

The Net Present Value (NPV) of this project is $93,405.59.

Explanation:

Note: Find attached the excel file for the calculation of the NPV of this project.

Net present value (NPV) refers to the present value of cash inflows minus the present value of cash outflows over a specified period of time.

On its own, present value (PV) refers the value that a future sum of money or stream of cash flows has now or currently given a specified rate of return. The formula for calculating the PV is given as follows:

PV = FV / (1 + r)^n

Where,

FV = Future value

r = discount rate. This is given as 10% in this question

n = Relevant period, e.g. year

The above explanation and formula together with other stated formulae in the attached excel file is used in calculating the NPV of this project.

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