Lakeside Inc. is considering replacing old production equipment with state-of-the-art technology that will allow production cost savings of $10,000 per month. The new equipment will have a five-year life and cost $420,000, with an estimated salvage value of $30,000. Lakeside’s cost of capital is 8%. Lakeside Inc. uses a straight-line depreciation method. Required: Calculate the payback period and the accounting rate of return for the new production equipment. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Payback Period: | |
Payback period = Initial Investment / Annual Cash Flow | |
= $420000 /120000 | |
= $3.5 years | |
Accounting Rate Of Return (ARR): | |
Annual Depreciaiton =Cost - Salvage Value / Life of Asset | |
= ( $420000 -30000 ) /5 years | |
= $ 78000 per year | |
Annual Net Income = Annual Cash Flow - Depreciation | |
= $120000-78000 | |
= $42000 | |
Average Investment = (Intial Investment + Salvage Value )/2 | |
= ( $420000 + 30000 ) / 2 | |
= $ 225000 | |
Accounting Rate Of Return = Net Income / Average Investment | |
= $42000 /225000 | |
= $18.67 % |
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