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value method. 4A, 5A 4B, 5B
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ASSIGNMENT CHARACTERISTICS TABLE
1A Compute annual rate of return, cash payback, and net Moderate 30–40
present value.
2A Compute annual rate of return, cash payback, and net Complex 30–40
present value.
5A Compute net present value and internal rate of return Moderate 30–40
with sensitivity analysis.
1B Compute annual rate of return, cash payback, and net Moderate 30–40
present value.
2B Compute annual rate of return, cash payback, and net Complex 30–40
present value.
5B Compute net present value and internal rate of return Moderate 30–40
with sensitivity analysis.
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Correlation Chart between Bloom’s Taxonomy, Study Objectives and End-of-Chapter Exercises and Problems
3. Explain the net present value method. Q12-5 Q12-4 BE12-3 BE12-4 BE12-2 P12-3A
Q12-6 Q12-7 E12-8 P12-5A BE12-5 P12-4A
P12-5B E12-1 P12-1B
E12-2 P12-2B
E12-3 P12-3B
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY TABLE
P12-1A P12-4B
P12-2A
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5. Describe the profitability index. Q12-10 BE12-5 P12-3A
E12-3 P12-3B
7. Explain the internal rate of return Q12-12 Q12-16 BE12-7 P12-5A BE12-8 P12-3A
method. Q12-13 P12-5B E12-4 P12-3B
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8. Describe the annual rate of return Q12-14 Q12-3 BE12-9 E12-7 P12-1A P12-2A
method. Q12-15 E12-6 E12-8 P12-1B P12-2B
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CHAPTER REVIEW
1. (S.O. 1) The capital budgeting evaluation process generally has the following steps:
a. Project proposals are requested from departments, plants, and authorized personnel.
b. Proposals are screened by a capital budget committee.
c. Officers determine which projects are worthy of funding; and
d. Board of directors approves capital budget.
2. While accrual accounting has advantages over cash accounting in many contexts, for purposes of
capital budgeting, estimated cash inflows and outflows are preferred for inputs into the capital
budgeting decision tools.
3. Sometimes cash flow information is not available, in which case adjustments can be made to
accrual accounting numbers to estimate cash flows.
4. The capital budgeting decision, under any technique, depends in part on a variety of considerations:
a. The availability of funds;
b. Relationships among proposed projects;
c. The company’s basic decision-making approach; and
d. The risk associated with a particular project.
Cash Payback
5. (S.O. 2) The cash payback technique identifies the time period required to recover the cost of
the capital investment from the net annual cash inflow produced by the investment. The formula
for computing the cash payback period is:
Cost of Capital Investment ÷ Net Annual Cash Flow = Cash Payback Period
Net annual cash flow can be approximated by adding depreciation expense to net income.
6. The evaluation of the payback period is often related to the expected useful life of the asset.
a. With this technique, the shorter the payback period, the more attractive the investment.
b. This technique is useful as an initial screening tool.
c. This technique ignores both the expected profitability of the investment and the time value of
money.
7. (S.O. 3) Under the net present value (NPV) method, cash flows are discounted to their present
value and then compared with the capital outlay required by the investment. The difference
between these two amounts is the net present value (NPV).
a. The interest rate used in discounting the future net cash flows is the required minimum
rate of return.
b. A proposal is acceptable when NPV is zero or positive.
c. The higher the positive NPV, the more attractive the investment.
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8. When there are equal annual cash inflows, the table showing the present value of an annuity of
1 can be used in determining present value. When there are unequal annual cash inflows, the
table showing the present value of a single future amount must be used in determining present
value.
9. The discount rate used by most companies is its cost of capital—that is, the rate that the
company must pay to obtain funds from creditors and stockholders.
10. The net present value method demonstrated in the text requires the following assumptions:
a. All cash flows come at the end of each year;
b. All cash flows are immediately reinvested in another project that has a similar return; and
c. All cash flows can be predicted with certainty.
Intangible Benefits
11. (S.O. 4) By ignoring intangible benefits, such as increased quality or improved safety, capital
budgeting techniques might incorrectly eliminate projects that could be financially beneficial to the
company. To avoid rejecting projects that actually should be accepted, two possible approaches
are suggested;
a. Calculate net present value ignoring intangible benefits, and then, if the NPV is negative, ask
whether the intangible benefits are worth at least the amount of the negative NPV.
b. Project rough, conservative estimates of the value of the intangible benefits, and incorporate
these values into the NPV calculation.
12. (S.O. 5) In theory, all projects with positive NPVs should be accepted. However, companies
rarely are able to adopt all positive-NPV proposals because (1) the proposals are mutually
exclusive (if the company adopts one proposal, it would be impossible to also adopt the other
proposal), and (2) companies have limited resources.
13. In choosing between two projects, one method that takes into account both the size of the original
investment and the discounted cash flows is the profitability index. The profitability index
formula is as follows:
The project with the greater profitability index should be the one chosen.
14. Another consideration made by financial analysts is uncertainty or risk. One approach for
dealing with uncertainty is sensitivity analysis. Sensitivity analysis uses a number of outcome
estimates to get a sense of the variability among potential returns. In general, a higher risk project
should be evaluated using a higher discount rate.
15. (S.O. 6) A post-audit is a thorough evaluation of how well a project’s actual performance
matches the projections made when the project was proposed. Performing a post-audit is
beneficial for the following reasons:
a. Management will be encouraged to submit reasonable and accurate data when they make
investment proposals;
b. A formal mechanism is used for determining whether existing projects should be supported or
terminated;
c. Management improves their estimation techniques by evaluating their past successes and
failures.
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16. A post-audit involves the same evaluation techniques that were used in making the original capital
budgeting decision—for example, use of the net present value method. The difference is that, in
the post-audit, actual figures are inserted where known, and estimation of future amounts is
revised based on new information.
17. (S.O. 7) The internal rate of return method results in finding the interest yield of the potential
investment. This is the interest rate that will cause the present value of the proposed capital
expenditure to equal the present value of the expected annual cash inflows.
Determining the internal rate of return can be done with a financial (business) calculator,
computerized spreadsheet, or by employing a trial-and-error procedure.
18. The decision rule is: Accept the project when the internal rate of return is equal to or greater than
the required rate of return, and reject the project when the internal rate of return is less than the
required rate.
19. (S.O. 8) The annual rate of return method indicates the profitability of a capital expenditure and
its formula is:
20. The annual rate of return is compared with management’s required minimum rate of return for
investments of similar risk. The minimum rate of return (the hurdle rate or cutoff rate) is generally
based on the company’s cost of capital. The decision rule is: A project is acceptable if its rate of
return is greater than management’s minimum rate of return; it is unacceptable when the reverse
is true.
21. When the rate of return technique is used in deciding among several acceptable projects, the
higher the rate of return for a given risk, the more attractive the investment.
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LECTURE OUTLINE
TEACHING TIP
4. Company officers decide which projects to fund and submit this list of
projects to the board of directors for approval.
B. Cash Payback.
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TEACHING TIP
a. The formula when net annual cash flows are equal is: Cost of
Capital Investment ÷ Net Annual Cash FIow = Cash Payback
Period.
b. The shorter the payback period, the more attractive the investment.
(1) The earlier the investment is recovered, the sooner the company
can use the cash funds for other purposes.
d. In the case of uneven net annual cash flows, the company determines
the cash payback period when the cumulative net cash flows from
the investment equal the cost of the investment.
f. It should not ordinarily be the only basis for the capital budgeting
decision because it ignores the expected profitability of the project.
3. The primary discounted cash flow technique is the net present value
method.
4. The net present value method in values discounting net cash flows to
their present value and then comparing that present value with the
capital outlay required by the investment. The difference between these
two amounts is referred to as net present value (NPV).
TEACHING TIP
ILLUSTRATION 12-3 presents a diagram of the decision criteria for the net
present value method.
c. The higher the positive net present value, the more attractive the
investment.
TEACHING TIP
ILLUSTRATION 12-4 provides a short example of applying the net present value
method.
Also available as teaching transparency.
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D. Intangible Benefits.
3. This method takes into account both the size of the original investment
and its discounted future cash flows.
TEACHING TIP
5. The higher the profitability index, the more desirable the project.
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F. Post-Audit of Investment Projects.
1. The internal rate of return method differs from the net present value
method in that it finds the interest yield of the potential investment.
a. The internal rate of return is the interest rate that will cause the
present value of the proposed capital expenditure to equal the
present value of the expected net annual cash flows.
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b. The determination of the internal rate of return involves the use of a
financial calculator or computerized spreadsheet to solve for the
rate (if the cash flows are uneven).
(2) Use the factor and the present value of an annuity of 1 table to
find the internal rate of return.
d. The formula for determining the internal rate of return factor is:
Capital Investment ÷ Net Annual Cash Flows = Internal Rate of
Return Factor.
f. The decision rule is: Accept the project when the internal rate
of return is equal to or greater than the required rate of return.
Reject the project when the internal rate of return is less than the
required rate.
TEACHING TIP
ILLUSTRATION 12-6 provides a diagram of the decision criteria for the internal
rate of return method.
a. Objective:
(1) Net present value: compute net present value (a dollar amount).
(1) Net present value (NPV): If NPV is zero or positive, accept the
proposal. If NPV is negative, reject the proposal.
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e. The higher the rate of return for a given risk, the more attractive the
investment.
g. A major limitation of this method is that it does not consider the time
value of money.
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20 MINUTE QUIZ
1. For purposes of capital budgeting, estimated cash inflows and outflows are the preferred
inputs.
True False
2. The cash payback technique is relatively easy to compute and considers the expected
profitability of the project.
True False
3. The primary discounted cash flow technique is the net present value method.
True False
4. A company’s cost of capital is the rate that it must pay to obtain funds from creditors and
stockholders.
True False
6. The profitability index takes into account both the size of the original investment and the
discounted cash flows.
True False
8. The internal rate of return method does not recognize the time value of money.
True False
9. The internal rate of return is the interest rate that will cause the present value of the
proposed capital expenditure to equal the present value of the expected net annual cash
flows.
True False
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10. The annual rate of return is computed by dividing net annual cash flow by the average
investment.
True False
Multiple Choice
1. All of the capital budgeting methods use cash flow except the
a. cash payback method.
b. annual rate of return method.
c. internal rate of return method.
d. profitability index method.
5. If capital investment is $800,000 and equal annual cash inflows are $200,000, the
internal rate of return factor is
a. 25.0.
b. 4.0.
c. 5.0.
d. .25.
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ANSWERS TO QUIZ
True/False
1. True 6. True
2. False 7. True
3. True 8. False
4. True 9. True
5. False 10. False
Multiple Choice
1. b.
2. c.
3. c.
4. d.
5. b.
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ILLUSTRATION 12-1
CAPITAL BUDGET AUTHORIZATION PROCESS
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ILLUSTRATION 12-2
CASH PAYBACK PERIOD
Cash Payback
Period = $200,000 $50,000 = 4 years
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ILLUSTRATION 12-3
NET PRESENT VALUE METHOD DECISION CRITERIA
Present Value of
Net Cash Flows
Less
Capital
Investment
Equals
Net
Present Value
If Zero If
or Positive Negative
Accept Reject
Proposal Proposal
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ILLUSTRATION 12-4
DISCOUNTED CASH FLOWS
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ILLUSTRATION 12-5
PROFITABILITY INDEX
Profitability
Index = $100,000 $80,000 = 1.25
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ILLUSTRATION 12-6
INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN METHOD DECISION CRITERIA
Internal
Rate of Return
Compared to
Required
Rate of Return
(the Discount Rate)
If equal to If less
or greater than: than:
Accept Reject
Proposal Proposal
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ILLUSTRATION 12-7
ANNUAL RATE OF RETURN
Investment at End
Average Original Investment + of Useful Life
Investment =
2
$160,000 + 0
= $80,000
2
Expected Annual
Net Income
÷ Average
Investment
= Annual Rate
of Return
$20,000 ÷ $80,000 = 25%
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