Reference no: EM132932002

Madetaylor Inc. manufactures financial calculators. The company is deciding whether to introduce a new calculator. This calculator will sell for $150. The company feels that sales will be 10,000, 10,000, 10,000, 14,000, 14,000 and 14,000 units per year for the next 6 years. Variable costs will be 15% of sales, and fixed costs are $1,000,000 per year. The firm hired a marketing team to analyze the viability of the product and the marketing analysis cost $2,500,000. The company plans to use a vacant warehouse to manufacture and store the calculators. Based on a recent appraisal the warehouse and the property is worth $10 million on an after-tax basis.

If the company does not sell the property today then it will sell the property 6 years from today at the currently appraised value. This project will require an injection of net working capital at the onset of the project in the amount of $2,000,000. This net working capital will be fully recovered at the end of the project. The firm will need to purchase some equipment in the amount of $3,800,000 to produce the new calculator. The firm is able to sell the machine at the end of the project for $1,000,000. The firm requires a 9% return on its investment and has a tax rate of 21%.

Problem 1: Calculate the net working capital injection at the beginning of the project. (Enter a positive value and round to the nearest dollar)