efferson Company is a merchandiser located in western North Carolina. You serve on the company’s capital budgeting review committee whose purpose is to evaluate all capital investment proposals and then provide an “accept or reject” recommendation to the CEO. Recently, your committee provided a “reject” recommendation on a specific proposal based on the following net present value analysis (NPV):   The group of employees that submitted this request is disappointed that you provided a “reject” recommendation for its proposal. The group does not understand why working capital is treated as a $100,000 cash outflow now and a $100,000 cash inflow at the end of the project. To explain your accounting for working capital in the NPV analysis shown above, you decide to proceed in two steps. First, you will explain how to calculate the annual opportunity costs that arise from tying up $100,000 of working capital for four years. Second, you will create a data visualization that summarizes these calculations.   Required: 1a. Without considering the time value of money, how much return could Jefferson earn each of the next four years by investing $100,000 elsewhere in the company? 1b. Considering the time value of money (and using the discount factors for years 1-4 as shown in the above Excel screen capture), what is the present value of the annual opportunity costs from requirement 1?

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Jefferson Company is a merchandiser located in western North Carolina. You serve on the company’s capital budgeting review committee whose purpose is to evaluate all capital investment proposals and then provide an “accept or reject” recommendation to the CEO. Recently, your committee provided a “reject” recommendation on a specific proposal based on the following net present value analysis (NPV):

 

The group of employees that submitted this request is disappointed that you provided a “reject” recommendation for its proposal. The group does not understand why working capital is treated as a $100,000 cash outflow now and a $100,000 cash inflow at the end of the project. To explain your accounting for working capital in the NPV analysis shown above, you decide to proceed in two steps. First, you will explain how to calculate the annual opportunity costs that arise from tying up $100,000 of working capital for four years. Second, you will create a data visualization that summarizes these calculations.

 

Required:
1a. 
Without considering the time value of money, how much return could Jefferson earn each of the next four years by investing $100,000 elsewhere in the company?
1b. Considering the time value of money (and using the discount factors for years 1-4 as shown in the above Excel screen capture), what is the present value of the annual opportunity costs from requirement 1?

A
1
2 Purchase of equipment
3 Working capital investment
4 Annual net cash receipts
5 Preventive maintenance
6 Working capital released
7 Salvage value of equipment
8 Total cash flows (a)
9
Discount factor (20%) (b)
10 Present value (a) x (b)
11 Net present value
12
Jefferson Company
B
Now
$ (275,000)
$ (100,000)
с
1
D2
$ (375,000) $
120,000 $
0.83333
1.00000
$ (375,000) $ 100,000 $
$
(7,928)
E3
$ 120,000 $ 120,000 $ 120,000 $ 120,000
$
(40,000)
120,000 $
0.69444
83,333 $
$
$
F
4
80,000 $
0.57870
46,296 $
100,000
65,000
285,000
0.48225
137,442
D
Transcribed Image Text:A 1 2 Purchase of equipment 3 Working capital investment 4 Annual net cash receipts 5 Preventive maintenance 6 Working capital released 7 Salvage value of equipment 8 Total cash flows (a) 9 Discount factor (20%) (b) 10 Present value (a) x (b) 11 Net present value 12 Jefferson Company B Now $ (275,000) $ (100,000) с 1 D2 $ (375,000) $ 120,000 $ 0.83333 1.00000 $ (375,000) $ 100,000 $ $ (7,928) E3 $ 120,000 $ 120,000 $ 120,000 $ 120,000 $ (40,000) 120,000 $ 0.69444 83,333 $ $ $ F 4 80,000 $ 0.57870 46,296 $ 100,000 65,000 285,000 0.48225 137,442 D
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