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JJohn9y ago
A company is considering a project with a 3 year life producing the following costs and revenues: Cost of machine 100,000 Depreciation of machine (for three years) 20,000 p.a. Annual cost of direct labour 20,000 Annual charge for foreman (10% apportionment) 5,000 Annual cost of components required 18,000 Annual net revenues from machine 80,000 Cost of capital 20% solution shown is Revenue – components – labour = $80,000 – $18,000 – $20,000 =  $42,000 / yr and then discounting it to calculate NPV i can understand why depreciation is not excluded from revenue as it is a non cash expenditure. My Question is Why did they also did not reduct the Annual charge of foreman. Is it because its a cost that is being apportioned among the cost centers, mean it will going to incur even if the project is not taken and its not being related to this particular project.So any apportioned cost is not considered while calculating net cash flow of a project. Am i right?
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor9y ago#1
You are correct. We look at the cash flow effects on the company, and since the foreman will be paid anyway there is no extra cash flow resulting from buying the new machine.
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