Fairfax paint is evaluating a 2-year project that would


Fairfax Paint is evaluating a 2-year project that would involve buying equipment for 420,000 dollars that would be depreciated to 20,000 dollars over 2 years using straight-line depreciation. Cash flows from capital spending would be 0 dollars in year 1 and 26,000 dollars in year 2. To finance the project, Fairfax Paint would borrow 420,000 dollars. The firm would receive 420,000 dollars from the bank today and would pay the bank $0 in 1 year and 477,246 dollars in 2 years (consisting of an interest payment of 57,246 dollars and a principal payment of 420,000 dollars). Relevant annual revenues are expected to be 348,000 dollars in year 1 and 380,000 dollars in year 2. Relevant annual costs are expected to be 92,000 dollars in year 1 and 88,000 dollars in year 2. The tax rate is 50 percent. The cost of capital is 9.28 percent and the interest rate on the loan would be 6.6 percent. What is the net present value of the project?

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