Use the following information for the Quick Study below. [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
Nix’It Company’s ledger on July 31, its fiscal year-end, includes the following selected accounts that have normal balances (Nix’It uses the perpetual inventory system).
Merchandise inventory $ 45,300 Sales returns and allowances $ 5,000
T. Nix, Capital 130,300 Cost of goods sold 109,500
T. Nix, Withdrawals 7,000 Depreciation expense 11,800
Sales 162,100 Salaries expense 40,000
Sales discounts 4,400 Miscellaneous expenses 5,000
A physical count of its July 31 year-end inventory discloses that the cost of the merchandise inventory still available is $43,400.

Shrieves casting company is considering adding a new line to its product mix, and the capital budgeting analysis is being conducted by sidney johnson, a recently graduated mba. the production line would be set up in unused space in the main plant. the machinery’s invoice price would be approximately $200,000, another $10,000 in shipping charges would be required, and it would cost an additional $30,000 to install the equipment. the machinery has an economic life of 4 years, and shrieves has obtained a special tax ruling that places the equipment in the macrs 3-year class. the machinery is expected to have a salvage value of $25,000 after 4 years of use. the new line would generate incremental sales of 1,250 units per year for 4 years at an incremental cost of $100 per unit in the first year, excluding depreciation. each unit can be sold for $200 in the first year. the sales price and cost are both expected to increase by 3% per year due to inflation. further, to handle the new line, the firm’s net working capital would have to increase by an amount equal to 12% of sales revenues. the firm’s tax rate is 40%, and its overall weighted average cost of capital, which is the risk-adjusted cost of capital for an average project (r), is 10%. define “incremental cash flow.” (1) should you subtract interest expense or dividends when calculating project cash flow?