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Deliverable Length: 1–2 pages With Cited References Details: A quaint but well-established coffee shop, the Hot New Café, wants to build a new café for increased capacity. It’s expected sales are...

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A quaint but well-established coffee shop, the Hot New Café, wants to build a new café for increased capacity. It’s expected sales are $800,000 for the first 5 years. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 50% of sales. Indirect costs are estimated at $100,000 a year. The cost of the building for the new cafe will be a total of $750,000, which will be depreciated straight line over the next 5 years. The firm's marginal tax rate is 37%, and its cost of capital is 12%.

For this assignment, you need to develop a capital budget. It is important to know what the café managers should consider within their capital budget. You must also define the key terms necessary to understand capital budgeting. In this assignment, please show all work, including formulae and calculations used to arrive at financial values. You must answer the following:

  • Using the information in the assignment description:
    • Prepare a capital budget for the Hot New Café with the net cash flows for this project over a 5-year period.
    • Calculate the payback period (P/B) and the net present value (NPV) for the project.
    • Answer the following questions based on your P/B and NPV calculations:
      • Do you think the project should be accepted? Why?
      • Define and describe Net Present Value (NPV) as it pertains to the new café.
      • Define payback period. Assume the company has a P/B (payback) policy of not accepting projects with life of over 3 years. Do you think the project should be accepted? Why?

Your submitted assignment (125 points) must include the following:

  • A double-spaced Word document of 1–2 pages that contains answers to the word questions.
  • You must include a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for your calculations.
  • Either the Word document or the Excel spreadsheet must have all of your calculation values, your complete calculations, any formulae that you used, the sources you wish to cite, and your answers to the questions listed in the assignment guidelines.
Answered Same Day Dec 22, 2021

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David answered on Dec 22 2021
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HOT NEW CAFÉ
Hot new Café is planning to establish new café by increasing its existing capacity. Before
starting the project manger should prepare a capital budget. In capital budget, cost of building
and net operating income over the life of the project should b considered.
Following is the capital budget of the company
Cost of Building = $ 750,000
Life of Building = 5 years
Depreciation = 750,000/5
= 150,000

HOT NEW CAFÉ
CAPITAL BUDGET
Years 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cost of Building -750000
Sales 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000
Less: Direct Cost (400000) (400000) (400000) (400000) (400000)
Indirect cost (100000) (100000) (100000) (100000) (100000)
Depreciation (150000) (150000) (150000) (150000) (150000)
Operating Income 150000 150000 150000 150000 150000
Less: Tax Expenses (55500) (55500) (55500) (55500) (55500)
Net Income 94500 94500 94500 94500 94500
Add: Depreciation 150000 150000 150000 150000 150000
Net Cash Flows -750000 244500 244500 244500 244500 244500
PV Factor @ 12% 1.00 0.893 0.797 0.712 0.636 0.567
Present Value of Cash Flows -750000 218304 194914 174030 155384 138736
On the basis...
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