Another important component of the corporate tax system is the treatment of losses. A corporation that loses money in a particular year experiences what is known as a net operating loss (NOL). No corporate tax is due when a company has a NOL because they do not have profits (e.g., total income less expenses is negative). In addition, a NOL can be “carried back” and deducted from up to two prior years’ taxable income. The corporation is then eligible for a refund equal to the difference between previously paid taxes and taxes owed after deducting the current year’s loss. If the loss is too large to be fully carried back, it may be “carried forward” for up to 20 years and used to reduce future tax liabilities.
Figure 1. Effect of tax benefit on firm’s value (Hickman et al., 1996: 402)
the tax shield from debt (TS) generates a cash flow stream that is equal to the corporate tax rate times the risk-free interest payment,
Cash flow from TS = τC*rf*D , (2) where rf is the risk-free interest rate and D is the market value of debt. Recall that at issuance, the market value of debt is not necessarily equal to the amount borrowed or to the nominal value. Moreover, the market value of debt might change during the bond’s life.
This is important to note, because the literature does not consistently use the same variable to compute the tax savings from debt.4 For simplicity and in order to remain consistency among the different approaches in the literature, it is assumed throughout, if not differently stated, that the market value of debt is equal to the nominal value and therefore also equal to the book value of debt.
Brealey, Myers and Allen (2006, 470) and Ruback (2002) use the amount borrowed, Copeland, Weston and Shastri (2005, 560...
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...included in the CCF, the discount rate is before-tax and corresponds to the riskiness of the assets (Ruback 2002).
In this chapter there were presented three basic discounted cash flow methods for firm valuation that are often used in practice and which explicitly or implicitly include the value of the tax shield of debt. It should be mentioned, as Bertoneche and Federici (2006) and Fernandez (2007a) prove, that the different valuation methods give the same result for total value of the firm as well as for the value of the tax shield of debt, as long as the valuation methods rely on the same hypotheses and do not implicitly include any additional assumptions. Indeed, Fernandez (2007a) notes: “This result is logical, as all the methods analyze the same reality under the same hypotheses; they differ only in the cash flows taken as a starting point for the valuation.”
The EAR (6.6%) can deal with debts of different payment frequencies. Nonetheless, nominal rates should be used because the total costs, which are naturally small on public debt issues, decrease the net proceeds from the sale.
Earlier 2002, the stock price of Agnico-Eagle Mines sharply decreased by $1 finally closed at $13.89. This price has reached one of the lowest level, from the company's historical perspective. As a professional equity portfolio manager, who has a large number of AEM stocks on hand. Acker and his team are necessary to find a proper way to estimated the fair value of AEM as well as its equity. Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) has been chosen to do this job. The theory behind DCF valuation approach is that the firm's value can be estimated by using the expected future free cash flow discounted by an appropriate discounted rate (Koller etc 2005). However several assumptions need to be clearly examined within this approach. The following sections are showing the process of DCF step by step.
...e overall performance of the company given that the higher the margin, the more likely that the company will retain a profit after taxes have been withdrawn. It is calculated by subtracting the cost of interest from the earnings before income taxes.
Discounted Cash Flow Method takes the forecast free cash flows during forecasted horizon. Then we estimate the cost of capital (weighted average cost of capital) and estimate continuing value (value after forecast horizon). The future value is discounted to the present value. We than add back cash ($13 Million) and non-current assets and deduct total debt. With the information provided several assumptions had to be made to obtain reasonable values (life period of 30-years, Capital expenditures not to exceed $1 million dollars, depreciation to stay constant at $1.15 Million and a discounted rate of 10%). Based on our analysis, the company has a stand-alone value of $51 Million at the end of fiscal year end 1990 with a net present value of cash flows of $33 million that does not include the cash and non-current assets a cash of and non-current assets.
The cash flows discounted by the risk-free rate of 9% allows us to compare the present values. This comparison illustrates a net advantage to buying the truck:
Discounted cash flow is a valuation technique that discounts projected cash inflows and outflows to evaluate the potential value of an investment. There are three discounted cash flow methods: Net Present Value (NPV), Profitability Index (PI) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). The net present value discounts all cash inflows and outflows at a minimum rate of return, which is usually the cost of capital. The profitability index refers to the ratio of the present value of cash inflow to the present value of cash outflows. The internal rate of return refers to the interest rate that discounts cash inflow projections to the present to ensure that the present value of cash inflows is equivalent to the present value of cash outflows (Brown, 1992).
provided by the government. This meant that the new bank debt would be the most senior piece in and would
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