Pensacola Cablevision Company provides television cable service to two counties in the Florida

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Pensacola Cablevision Company provides television cable service to two counties in the Florida pan-handle.  The firm’s management is considering the construction of a new satellite dish in December of 20x0.  The new antenna would improve reception and the service provided to customers.  The dish antenna and associated equipment will cost $200,000 to purchase and install.  The company’s old equipment, which is fully depreciated, can be sold now for $20,000.  The company’s president expects the firm’s improved capabilities to result in additional revenue of $80,000 per year during the dish’s useful life of seven years.  The incremental operating expenses associated with the new equipment are projected to be $10,000 per year.  These incremental revenues and expenses are in real dollars.

The new satellite dish will be depreciated under the MACRS depreciation schedule for the 5 year property class.  The company’s tax rate is 40%.

Pensacola Cablevision’s president expects the real rate of interest in the economy to remain stable at 10%.  She expects the inflation rate, currently running at 20%, to remain unchanged.

Required:

1. Compute the price index for each year from 20x1 through 20x7, using 1.000 as the index for 20x0.

2. Prepare a schedule of after tax cash flows measured in real dollars.

3. Compute the next present value of the proposed new satellite dish using cash flows measured in real dollars.  Use a real discount rate equal to the real interest rate.