Question

Julie has just retired. Her company’s retirement program has two options as to how retirement benefits can be received. Under the first option, Julie would receive a lump sum of $130,000 immediately as her full retirement benefit. Under the second option, she would receive $19,000 each year for 5 years plus a lump-sum payment of $75,000 at the end of the 5-year period. Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1-a. Calculate the present value for the following assuming that the money can be invested at 11%. 1-b. If she can invest money at 11%, which option would you recommend that she accept?

Answer 1

Calculate present value :

First option = 130000

Second option = (19000*3.696+75000*0.593) = 114699

First option should be accepted