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Question - Utah Enterprises is considering buying a vacant lot that sells for $1.2 million. If the property is purchased, the company's plan is to spend another $5m today to build a hotel on the property. The after-tax cash flows from the hotel will depend critically upon whether the country imposes a tourism tax in this year's budget. If the tax is imposed, the hotel is expected to produce after-tax inflows of $600 000 at the end of each of the next 15 years. If the tax is not imposed, the hotel is expected to produce after-tax cash inflows of $1 200 000 at the end of each of the next 15 years. The tourism sector has been lobbying vigorously against the tax, and projections are that there is a 70% probability that it will not be imposed. The project has a 12% cost of capital.

Required -

a) What is the project expected NPV?

Step 1: Calculating the total initial investment.

Step 2: Calculate the present value of cash inflow with taxes.

Step 3: Calculate the present value of cash inflow without taxes.

Step 4: Calculate the NPV of the project.

b) What is the value of the abandonment option?

c) How does your response to 'b' above highlight shortcomings of traditional NPV analysis?

d) What is the project's expected NPV if the growth option is incorporated into the calculation?