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The management of ABC Ltd anticipates purchasing one of the pump models below

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The management of ABC Ltd anticipates purchasing one of the pump models below. Each model has an initial cost outlay of Ksh 15,000 and a useful life of 5 years. The corporation tax rate is 30% and the required rate of return is 10%. The pumps are depreciated using straight line method. The before tax and depreciation cash flows expected to be generated by the projects are as follows:

Year

1

2

3

4

5

Model I

8,000

8,000

6,000

5,000

4,000

Model II

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,000

Year

1

2

3

4

5

Model I

8,000

8,000

6,000

5,000

4,000

Model II

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,000

Required:

a)    Determine the cash flows after tax

b)    Compute the AAR, PBP, NPV, PI and IRR for each project

c)     Advice the management on the pump model to purchase

 

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Answer:

a) Refer to attachment below. Row final cash flow represent CF after tax.

b) Refer to attachment:

c) Management should invest in Model I as it is better that Model II in all respects. It has as better average accounting return (35% vs 34%), lesser payback period (2.39 yrs vs 2.94 yrs), higher NPV ( 5415 vs 4333), better profitability index (1.36 vs 1.28) and higher IRR (25% vs 21%)

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