a | Calculation of cash Payback period as shown below | ||||
Cash payback period = | Cost of investment/Net annual cash flows | ||||
$53040/$7800 | |||||
6.8 years | |||||
Calculation of net present value of the project: | |||||
Particular | cash flow (a) | Year | PV factor @ 8% (b) | Pv of cash flows (a*b) | |
Cost saving | $7800 | 1 to 8 | 5.7466 | $44823 | |
Salvage Value | $29500 | 8 | 0.5403 | $15939 | |
Cost of investment | ($53040) | 0 | 1 | ($53040) | |
NPV | $7722 | ||||
b | The project should not be accepted on the basis of cash payback period. Because the payback period 6.8 years is more than companys | ||||
Criteria of 4 years (50% of life of machine) | |||||
c | Yes, because NPV is positive so project meets NPV criteria | ||||
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