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Calculate the Payback Period
The payback period is the length of time required for the cash to
be coming in from an investment
to equal the amount of cash originally spent when the investment
was acquired.
Assumptions
1 Purchase price of equipment
$1,200,000
2 Useful life of equipment
12 years
3 Revenue the machine will generate per
year
$15,000
4 Direct operating costs associated with
earning
the revenue
$250,000
5 Depreciation Expense per year
$100,000
Using the above five assumptions, calculate how many years it will
take to recoup the
original investment.
Step 1 Find the machine's expected net
income
Revenue
Less:
Direct Operating
Costs
Depreciation
$- 0
Net
Income $- 0
Step 2 Find the net annual cash inflow the
machine is
expected to generate (convert net
income to cash
basis)
Net
Income
$- 0
Add back
Depreciation
Annual Net Cash Inflow
$- 0
Step 3 Compute the payback
period
Investment =
=
Net
Annual $- 0
Cash
Inflow