1. A payday loan is structured to obscure the true interest rate you are paying. For example, in Washington, you pay a $30 “fee” for a two-week $200 payday loan (when you repay the loan, you pay $230). What is the effective annual interest rate for this loan?
2. Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new $625,000 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its five-year life. It will be worth $69,000 at the end of that time. You will save $255,000 before taxes per year in order processing costs, and you will be able to reduce working capital by $84,000 (this is a one-time reduction). If the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the IRR for this project?