Cost management accounting and control 6e by hansen mowen guan chapter 20

COST MANAGEMENT
Accounting & Control
Hansen▪Mowen▪Guan

Chapter 20
Capital Investment
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Study Objectives
1. Describe the difference between independent and mutually
exclusive capital investment decisions.
2. Explain the roles of the payback period and accounting rate of
return in capital investment decisions.
3. Calculate the net present value (NPV) for independent projects.
4. Compute the internal rate of return (IRR) for independent projects.
5. Tell why NPV is better than IRR for choosing among mutually
exclusive projects.
6. Convert gross cash flows to after-tax cash flows.
7. Describe capital investment for advanced technology and
environmental impact settings.
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Capital Investment Decisions
• Capital investment decisions are
concerned with
– The planning process of planning

– Setting goals and priorities
– Arranging financing
– Using certain criteria to select long-term
assets

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Capital Investment Decisions
• Capital budgeting
– The process of making capital investment
decisions

• Types of capital budgeting projects
– Independent projects
• Projects that, if accepted or rejected, will not affect
the cash flows of another project.

– Mutually exclusive projects
• Projects that, if accepted, preclude the acceptance
of competing projects.
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Payback and Accounting Rate of
Return: Nondiscounting Methods
Payback Analysis

* At the beginning of Year 3, $60,000 is needed to recover
the investment.

Since a net cash inflow of $100,000 is expected, only 0.6
year ($60,000 ÷ $100,000) is needed to recover the
$60,000.
Thus, the payback period is 2.6 years (2 + 0.6).

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Payback and Accounting Rate of
Return: Nondiscounting Methods
Payback Analysis
• Provides information than can:
– Help control the risks associated with the uncertainty of future
cash flows.
– Help minimize the impact of an investment on a firm’s liquidity
problems.
– Help control the risk of obsolescence.
– Help control the effect of the investment on performance
measures.

• Deficiencies:
– Ignores the time value of money
– Ignores the performance of the investment beyond the payback
period
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Payback and Accounting Rate of
Return: Nondiscounting Methods
Accounting Rate Of Return (ARR)

Average income
ARR =
Original investment or
Average investment

Major deficiency: ignores
the time value of money

Average annual net cash
flows, less average
depreciation

Average investment
(I + S) ÷ 2
I = original investment
S = salvage value

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The Net Present Value Method
Net present value is the difference between the
present value of the cash inflows and outflows
associated with a project.
NPV = P – I
where:
P

= the present value of the project’s

future cash inflows

I

= the present value of the project’s
cost (usually the initial outlay)

The NPV model assumes that all cash flows
generated by a project are immediately reinvested.

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The Net Present Value Method
Polson Company has developed a new cell
phone that is expected to generate an annual
revenue of $750,000.
Necessary production equipment would cost
$800,000 and can be sold in five years for
$100,000.
Working capital is expected to increase by
$100,000 and is expected to be recovered at the
end of five years.
Annual operating expenses are expected to be
$450,000.
The required rate of return is 12 percent.

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The Net Present Value Method

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The Net Present Value Method

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The Net Present Value Method
Decision Criteria for NPV
If NPV > 0:
1. The initial investment has been recovered
2. The required rate of return has been
recovered
For the cell phone project, NPV = $294,600
Polson should manufacture the cell phones.

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Internal Rate of Return
The internal rate of return (IRR) is the interest
rate that sets the project’s NPV at zero.
Thus, P = I for the IRR.
Example: A project requires a $240,000
investment and will return $99,900 at

the end of each of the next three
years. What is the IRR?
$240,000 = $99,900(df)
$240,000 ÷ $99,900 = 2.402
i = 12%
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Internal Rate of Return
Decision Criteria:
If the IRR > Cost of Capital, accept the project
If the IRR = Cost of Capital, accept or reject
If the IRR < Cost of Capital, reject the project

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NPV versus IRR:
Mutually Exclusive Projects
• Two major differences between net present
value and the internal rate of return:
– Reinvestment of cash inflows
• NPV assumes reinvestment at the required rate of
return
• IRR assumes reinvestment at the internal rate of
return

– Measurement of profitability
• NPV measures profitability in absolute dollars
• IRR measures profitability as a percentage

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NPV versus IRR:
Mutually Exclusive Projects

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NPV versus IRR:
Mutually Exclusive Projects

$1,440,000 + [(1.20 x $686,342) - (1.08 x $686,342)]. This last term is what is needed to repay the capital and its
cost at the end of Year 2.
a

$686,342 + (1.20 x $686,342).

b

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NPV versus IRR:
Mutually Exclusive Projects
Milagro Travel Agency Example
Standard
T2
Annual revenues
Annual operating costs

System investment
Project life

$240,000
120,000
360,000
5 years

Custom
Travel
$300,000
160,000
420,000
5 years

The cost of capital is 12 percent

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NPV versus IRR:
Mutually Exclusive Projects

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NPV versus IRR:
Mutually Exclusive Projects

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NPV versus IRR:
Mutually Exclusive Projects

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Computing After-Tax Cash Flows
• Steps in computing cash flows
– Forecast revenues, expenses, and capital
outlays
– Adjust cash flows for inflation and tax effects

• The cost of capital is composed of two
elements
– The real rate
– The inflationary element
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Computing After-Tax Cash Flows
Disposition of Old Machine
Book Value
Sale Price
M1

$ 600,000
$ 780,000
1,500,000

1,200,000

M2

Acquisition of Flexible System
Purchase cost
$7,500,000
Freight
60,000
Installation
600,000

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Computing After-Tax Cash Flows

Sale price minus book value is $780,000 - $600,000.
Sale price minus book value is $1,200,000 - $1,500,000.

a
b

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Computing After-Tax Cash Flows
The two machines are sold:
Sales price, M1
Sales price, M2

Tax savings
Net proceeds

$ 780,000
1,200,000
48,000
$2,028,000

The net investment is:
Total cost of flexible system
$8,700,000
Less: Net proceeds
2,028,000

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