FIN 100

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Chapter 17, page 519 & 520, P1 and P7

1. Suppose the Quick Towing Company purchases a new tow truck.

The old truck had a book value of $1,000 and was sold for $1,420.

If Quick Towing is in the 34 percent marginal tax bracket, what is the tax liability on the sale of the truck?

What is the after-tax cash flow on the sale?

7. The no-shoplift security company is interested in bidding on a contract to provide a new security system for a large department chain store. The new security system would be phased into 10 stores per year for five years. No Shop lift can purchase the hardware for $50,000 per installation. The labor and material cost per install is $15,000. In addition, no lift will need to purchase $100,000 in new equip for the install, which will be depreciated to zero using the straight line method over five years. This equipment will be sold in five years for $25,000. Finally, an investment of $50,000 in net working capital will be needed. Assume that the relevant tax rate is 34 percent. If the no lift security company requires 10 % return on its investments what price would you bid?

Chapter 18, page 551, P8

8. The Nutrex Corporation wants to calculate its weighted average cost of capital. Its target capital structure weights are 40 percent long term debt and 60 percent common equity. The before-tax cost of debt is estimated to be 10 percent and the company is in the 40 percent tax bracket. The current risk free interest rate is 8 percent on Treasury bills. The expected return on the market is 13 percent and the firms stock beta is 1.8.

a. What is Nutrex’s cost of debt?
b. Estimate Nutrex’s expected return on common equity using the security market line.
c. Calculate the after-tax weighted average cost of capital.