Dorothy & George Company is planning to acquire a new machine at a total cost of $35.000. The machine's estimated life is 6 years and its estimated salvage value is $800. The company estimates that annual cash savings from using this machine will be $9,100. The company's after-tax cost of capital is 10% and its income tax rate is 40%. The company uses straight-line depreciation (non-MACRS based). (Use Appendix C. Table 1 and Appendix C. Table 2.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round "Payback period" to 2 decimal places and all other answers to the nearest dollar amount.) Required: 1. What is this investment's net after-tax annual cash inflow? 2. Assume that the net after-tax annual cash inflow of this investment is $5,000; what is the payback period in years? 3. Assume that the net after-tax annual cash inflow of this Investment is $5,000; what is the net present value (NPV) of this investment? 4. What are the minimum net after-tax annual cost savings that make the proposed investment acceptable (.e., the dollar cost savings that would yield an NPV of $0)? 1. Net after-tax annual cash inflow $ 7,740 2. Payback period 7.00 Years 3. Not present value $ 12,240
4. Minimum net after-tax annual cost savings $ 7,933