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Revised ROI

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  • July 21, 2018 at 11:36 am #464121
    swaroop12
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    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.
    $
    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 180,000

    The 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 calculation

    now 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 5200

    total of 67700

    and the capital employed

    210000 (current asset+non current asset)
    (6000) sale of the machine
    15000 purchase of the machine

    total 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 opposite

    Please help

    July 21, 2018 at 5:44 pm #464168
    John Moffat
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    Why 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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