Working Capital Management: Investment Decision Financing Decision
Working Capital Management: Investment Decision Financing Decision
Investment Financing
Decision Decision
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Reviw: The Corporation and the Financial
Markets (Direct)
• The Firm and the Financial Markets
Firm Firm issues securities (A) Financial
markets
Invests
Retained
in assets (financial/ cash flows (F)
physical)
(B) Short-term deb
Cash flow Dividends and Long-term debt
Current assets from firm (C) debt payments (E)
Equity shares
Fixed assets
Taxes (D)
Lecture 1
March 2023
Motive Description
1. Proposal Generation
4. Implementation
5. Follow-up
= Initial Investment
• If the company sells the old asset for $30,000 which is less
than its book value of $48,000, it experiences a loss of
$18,000 ($48,000 - $30,000).
• If this is a depreciable asset used in the business, the loss may
be used to offset ordinary operating income.
• If it is not depreciable or not used in the business, the loss can
only be used to offset capital gains.
• If the tax rate is 20%, in either case the loss will save the firm
$3600 (0.20*18000) in taxes
• If current operating earnings or capital gains are not sufficient
to offset the loss, the firm may be able to apply these losses
to prior or future taxes.
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Change in Net Working Capital
• For example if you buy a new photocopier it will
require increase in some form of current assets
and current liabilities
• The difference between current assets and
current liabilities is net working capital (NWC)
• Normally current assets increase more than
current liabilities which means increased
investment in net working capital
• NWC is treated as an investment initially and
recovered at the end of the project
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Example: Initial Investment
• A large diversified manufacturer of aircraft components, is trying to
determine the initial investment required to replace an old machine
with a new, more sophisticated model. The machine’s purchase
price is $380,000 and an additional $20,000 will be necessary to
install it. It will be depreciated under MACRS using a 5-year
recovery period (20%,32%,19%,12%,12% and 5%). The present
machine was bought 3 years ago for $240000 and has been
depreciated under MACRS using a 5-year recovery period. The firm
has found a buyer willing to pay $280,000 for the present machine
and remove it at the buyer’s expense. The firm expects that a
$35,000 increase in current assets and an $18,000 increase in
current liabilities will accompany the replacement. Both ordinary
income and capital gains are taxed at 40%.
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Example: Initial Investment