Taken From: Financial Management Book
Author: Sumit Gulati
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
Q: A firm is considering a project for which the following details have been estimated:
• Initial Cost: Rs 50,000
• Life of the project: 5 Years
• Annual Sales (Units): 5,000
• Unit Price: Rs 70
• Variable Cost Per Unit (VCPU): Rs 10
• Fixed Cost: Rs 20,000
• Depreciation: Rs 10,000 in all years
• Tax Rate: 30%
Salvage Value is assumed to be zero.
Find out the net cash flow under the following scenarios: (Build an Excel Model)
Parameter Pessimistic Optimistic
Initial cost (Rs) 50,000 50,000
Life of the project 5 5
Annual sales (units): 2,000 8,000
Unit price (Rs) 40 80
Variable cost per unit (VCPU)
40 8
(Rs)
Fixed cost (Rs) 40,000 18,000
Depreciation every year 10,000 10,000
Tax Rate 30% 30%