Keiper, Inc., is considering a new three-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.76 million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its three-year tax life, after which time it will be worthless. The project is estimated to generate $2,100,000 in annual sales, with costs of $795,000. If the tax rate is 34 percent, what is the OCF for this project?

Keiper, Inc., is considering a new three-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.76 million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its three-year tax life, after which time it will be worthless. The project is estimated to generate $2,100,000 in annual sales, with costs of $795,000. If the tax rate is 34 percent, what is the OCF for this project? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567.)

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Explanation:

Using the tax shield approach to calculating OCF (Remember the approach is irrelevant; the final answer will be the same no matter which of the four methods you use.), we get:

OCF = (Sales − Costs)(1 − T) + T(Depreciation)

OCF = ($2,100,000 − 795,000)(1 − 0.34) + 0.34($2,760,000/3)

OCF = $1,174,100