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Vogel 6/14 or bpp revision kit Q 35

AAisha7y ago
Sir in calculating free cashflow if department b - ndedge co Why are we decducting depreciation from EBIT instead of adding ? Is it coz it’s given in the question it can be assumed that tax allowable depre is the same as investment needed to maintain operations ?
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor7y ago#1
Yes - it is because of note (vi) in the question. Although the depreciation itself is not a cash flow, the same amount is needed to maintain operations and this is a cash flow. It is something that the current examiner always assumes, even if it is not stated in the question, as I explain in my free lectures on investment appraisal.
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