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- July 21, 2018 at 11:36 am #464121
please help me with this problem as I don’t understand the solution of this question
An investment centre has prepared the following forecasts for the next financial year.
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Operating profit before depreciation 85,000
Depreciation 20,000
Net current assets at beginning of year 30,000
Carrying value of non-current assets at beginning of year 180,000The centre manager is now considering whether to sell a machine that is included in these forecasts. The
machine would add $2,500 to divisional profit next year after depreciation of $500. It has a carrying value of
$6,000 and could be sold for this amount. He would use the proceeds from the sale plus additional cash
from Head Office to purchase a new machine for $15,000. This new machine would add $5,200 to divisional
profit next year after depreciation of $2,000.
What will be the expected return on investment (ROI) for the division next year, assuming that the manager
acquires the new machine and that non-current assets are valued at the start-of-year carrying amount for the
purpose of the ROI calculationnow the solution is
original forecast profit 65000
expected profit of the m/c from its sale (2500)
expected profit from the purchase of this new m/c 5200total of 67700
and the capital employed
210000 (current asset+non current asset)
(6000) sale of the machine
15000 purchase of the machinetotal of 219000
and the revised roi is 30.9%
how???
why is the solution deducting the sales and adding the purchase as it is supposed to be oppositePlease help
July 21, 2018 at 5:44 pm #464168Why do you say that it is supposed to be the opposite?
The originally forecast that the assets will be a total of 210,000.
If they decided to buy more assets for 15,000, then the forecast will need increasing.
Similarly, if the decide they will sell some assets with a carrying value of 6,000 then the forecast will need decreasing.(I guess you are thinking about the effect on the cash., but the cash is coming from head office, so what you should be thinking about is the effect on the non-current assets.)
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