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Relevant Costing (Investment Appraisal)

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • March 28, 2016 at 5:28 pm #308506
    Sir Insanity
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    1) A material initially cost $45000, with scrap value of $12500.
    If reworked at a cost of $7500, it could be sold for $17500. What is the incremental effect of reworking and selling the material?

    Dear Tutor, I’m not sure about the answer. Will you confirm if it is $(2500)?

    2) In the BPP book, a disadvantage of simple payback period was:

    “The cut-off period for deciding what is acceptable is arbitrary.”

    Will you explain what it means?

    March 29, 2016 at 6:44 am #308537
    John Moffat
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    1. Yes – it is (2,500)

    2. The payback period is compared with a limit set by the company – if it is less than the limit then it is worthwhile, if it is more than the limit then it is not worthwhile. There is no rule for fixing the limit – the company decides what limit they want (it is arbitrary).

    April 7, 2016 at 12:06 pm #309222
    Sir Insanity
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    Thank you for your help, sir. 🙂

    April 7, 2016 at 2:42 pm #309240
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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