Book & Bible Bookstore Desires to Buy a New Coding

question 48

Essay

Book & Bible Bookstore desires to buy a new coding machine to help control book inventories. The machine sells for $36,586 and requires working capital of $4,000. Its estimated useful life is five years and will have a salvage value of $4,000. Recovery of working capital will be $4,000 at the end of its useful life. Annual cash savings from the purchase of the machine will be $10,000.
Required:
a.Compute the net present value at a 14% required rate of return.
b.Compute the internal rate of return.
c.Determine the payback period of the investment.

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Definitions:

Semiannually

Occurring twice a year; used to describe the frequency with which certain financial or operational events take place, such as interest payments on bonds.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record an investor's proportional share of the net income and losses of an investee company in which the investor has significant influence but not full control.

Year-End Adjustment

Journal entries made at the end of an accounting period to account for incomes and expenditures in the correct accounting period.

Lower Of Cost

Refers to the accounting principle of valuing and reporting assets at the lower of its historical cost or the market value.