Warmack Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $530,000 is estimated to result in $220,000 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class, and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $89,000. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $26,000, along with an additional $3,100 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. The shop’s tax rate is 35 percent and its discount rate is 9 percent. MACRS schedule.
Calculate the NPV and IRR of this project.