A commercial oven with a book value of $50,910 has an estimated remaining 5 year life. A proposal is offered to sell the oven for $15,910 and replace it with a new oven costing $90,910. The new machine has a 5-year life with no residual value. The new machine would reduce annual maintenance costs by $17,480.
Provide a differential analysis on the proposal to replace the commercial oven.
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Differential analysis on the proposal | ||||||
Incremental cost from replacement of A commercial oven | ||||||
Particular | Amount | |||||
Cost of new oven | 90,910 | |||||
Less:- Sale of old oven | (15,910) | |||||
Less:- Reduction of annual maintenance cost | (87,400) | |||||
(17480X 5) | ||||||
Total | (12,400) | |||||
There is incremental savings of 12400 from replcement of a commerial oven. | ||||||
Replacement of oven is better decision. | ||||||
Note:- Present value factor is not considered as discounting rates are not given. | ||||||
Also there is impact of tax however it is not considered as tax rate is not given. |
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