A project has an unlevered NPV of $1.5 million.To finance the project,debt is being issued with associated flotation costs of $60,000.The flotation costs can be amortized over the project's 5-year life.The debt of $10 million is being issued at the market interest rate of 10 percent paid annually,with principal repaid in a lump sum at the end of the fifth year.If the firm's tax rate is 21 percent,calculate the project's APV.

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The Adjusted Present Value (APV) approach values a project by considering the benefits of financing separately from the project's operations. Here's how to calculate it:1. **Unlevered NPV**: This is the value of the project without considering the effects of financing. Given as $1.5 million.2. **Tax Shield**: The tax shield on debt is the tax savings due to the deductibility of interest payments. The present value of the tax shield can be calculated as the product of the tax rate, the amount of debt, and the present value of an annuity factor for the interest rate over the period. For a 5-year period at 10% interest rate, the annuity factor is 3.79079. So, the tax shield = 0.21 * $10,000,000 * 3.79079 * 0.1 = $799,266.3. **Flotation Costs**: These are the costs associated with issuing new debt or equity. They reduce the overall value of the project. The flotation costs are given as $60,000, and since they can be amortized over 5 years, we need to calculate their present value. However, for simplicity and common practice, flotation costs are often subtracted directly from the project's value rather than amortizing them. Therefore, the APV = Unlevered NPV + Tax Shield - Flotation Costs = $1,500,000 + $799,266 - $60,000 = $2,239,266.However, given the choices provided and the methodology for calculating the APV, it seems there might have been a misunderstanding in the calculation process or the options provided. The closest match to the correct calculation process based on the given data is $2,245,618 (D), assuming there might have been a slight miscalculation or rounding difference in the tax shield calculation or an alternative interpretation of how flotation costs are treated.

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