Question

Payback Period and Accounting Rate of Return: Equal Annual Operating Cash Flows with Disinvestment
Roopali is considering an investment proposal with the following cash flows:

Initial investment-depreciable assets	$125,000
Initial investment-working capital	19,000
Net cash inflows from operations (per year for 12 years)	18,000
Disinvestment-depreciable assets	14,000
Disinvestment-working capital	2,000

For parts b. and c., round answers to three decimal places, if applicable.

a. Determine the payback period.
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years

b. Determine the accounting rate of return on initial investment
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c. Determine the accounting rate of return on average investment
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Answer 1

(a). Payback period = 8 years

Explanation;

Formula of payback period is as follow;

Payback period = Initial investment / Cash inflow per year

Initial investment is given ($125000 + $19000) = $144000

Cash inflow per year is given = $18000

Now let’s put values in above given formula;

Payback period ($144000 / $18000) = 8 years

(b). Accounting rate of return on initial investment = 6.076%

Explanation;

Formula of Accounting rate of return on initial investment is as follow;

Accounting rate of return on initial investment = Annual accounting income / Initial investment

Initial investment is given ($125000 + $19000) = $144000

Cash inflow per year is given = $18000

Annual depreciation ($125000 – $14000) / 12 = $9250

Annual acounting income ($18000 – $9250) = $8750

Now let’s put values in above given formula;

Accounting rate of return on initial investment ($8750 * 100 / $144000) = 6.076%

(C). Accounting rate of return on average investment = 10.937%

Explanation;

Formula of Accounting rate of return on average investment is as follow;

Accounting rate of return on average investment = Annual accounting income / Average investment

Average investment will be ($125000 + $19000 + $14000 + $2000) / 2 = $80000

Cash inflow per year is given = $18000

Annual depreciation ($125000 – $14000) / 12 = $9250

Annual acounting income ($18000 – $9250) = $8750

Now let’s put values in above given formula;

Accounting rate of return on average investment ($8750 * 100 / $80000) = 10.937%