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ROI

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  • This topic has 10 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • June 4, 2016 at 1:09 pm #319326
    Saimon
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    A company have an asset of $100000
    useful life 5 year

    QUESTION :

    1) when calculating ROI what would be the value of capital employed

    “mid year value (average of the asset by taking “opening+closing/2”)

    or

    net book value (value of the asset at year end after deducting depreciation)

    2) which one is the best and which one should i always choose

    June 4, 2016 at 1:15 pm #319327
    Saimon
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    another question on ROI

    a company has 3 asset and all of them have opening and closing value, So when calculating ROI should i choose “average value” or “closing value” of this asset as capital employed……?????

    June 4, 2016 at 4:37 pm #319366
    John Moffat
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    There is no rule – either in the exam or in ‘real-life’. There are arguments for using the opening value or the closing value or the average value.

    Usually in the exam the question will either tell what to use, or else will only have information about either the opening or the closing value (in which case you obviously have no choice).

    If it is not clear from the question then you would get the marks whichever you used.
    (The opening value is usually the better one on the basis that it is the value at the start of the year that generate the profits for the year, but again this is not a rule)

    June 6, 2016 at 9:36 am #319783
    Saimon
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    How to measuring divisional manager performance when

    “Head office has increased wages pay of all division by 15%”

    should i exclude whole wages cost or only the 15% in calculating ROI

    June 6, 2016 at 10:45 am #319789
    Saimon
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    and ROI is measured based on controllable profit

    June 6, 2016 at 11:05 am #319795
    Saimon
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    Actually i am trying to say that if head office increase any of the cost of division which are controllable by manager, then how am i going to treat this increase when calculating ROI

    ROI is measured by controllable profit

    June 6, 2016 at 11:40 am #319818
    John Moffat
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    You would ignore the wages completely because they are no longer under the control of the division.

    June 6, 2016 at 7:24 pm #320031
    Saimon
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    So this techniques will apply to all cost changed by the head office no matter cost is controlled by manager or not

    June 7, 2016 at 8:13 am #320171
    John Moffat
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    If they are changed by head office then the manager no longer controls them.

    June 7, 2016 at 8:38 am #320191
    Saimon
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    Thank u sir

    June 7, 2016 at 11:12 am #320254
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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