Answer:
The free cash flow for the firm would be $32,812
Explanation:
In this question we have been given the
total sales = $220,000
operating cost ( without deprecation) = $140,500
depreciation cost = $9250
income tax rate = 35%
capital expenditure(amount invested in fixed asset) = $15,250
investment made in net working capital = $6850
Here our first step should be to calculate the EBIT which is the earnings before interest and tax, for calculating this we will subtract the operating and depreciation cost from the total sales of the company,
EBIT = total sales - operating cost - depreciation
= $220,000 - $140,500 - $9250
= $70,250
After this we will subtract the federal plus income tax from this EBIT to get EBAT,
EBAT = $70,250 - 35% x $70,250
= $70,250 - $24,588 ( the original amount was $24587.5 but we
took approximate)
= $ 45,662
Now we will add back the depreciation in it and subtract the investment made in capital expenditure and net operating working capital cost(OWCC)
FREE CASH FLOW = EBAT + Depreciation - Capital expenditure - OWCC
= $45,662 + $9250 - $15,250 - $ 6850
= $32,812
