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- May 3, 2019 at 11:04 am #514834
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 — 180,000The 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 calculation.
The correct answer is: 30.9%
Profit employed Capital
$ $
Original forecast ————————— 65,000 210,000
Effect of machine sale ————- (2,500) (6,000)
Effect of machine purchase ————– 5,200 15,000
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67,700 219,000Revised ROI = 67,700/219,000 = 30.9%
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My question
In their solution, they did not remove the $500 depreciation for the asset that was disposed, and they didn’t consider the $2000 depreciation for the newly acquired asset. Please help me out.May 3, 2019 at 1:52 pm #514847It is because the question specifically says that non-current assets are to be valued at the start of the year amount for the purpose of the ROI calculation. Therefore depreciation during the year is of no relevance, and neither is the sale of the asset during the year.
May 3, 2019 at 4:59 pm #514860Thank you very much, John
May 4, 2019 at 12:30 pm #514912Box Co has an operating profit of $20,000, and operating assets of $95,000. The cost of capital is 12%. There is a proposed investment of $10,000 which will increase the operating profit by $1,400
What is the RI with and without the proposed investment?Answer:
Before Investment After Investment
$ Divisional profit 20,000 21,400
Depreciation (850)
Imputed interest (12% of $95,000) (11,400)
Imputed interest (12% of $105,000) (12,600)
Residual income 8,600 7,950My question is how and why did they calculate the depreciation(850) after the investment?
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