It is true that firm still continue to use Payback method.Following could be the reason:-
1. The first and foremost reason is taht it is very easy and simple to use we dont need lots of calculations, estimation etc
2. If a company is focusing of recovering their cost as soon as possible . this is the best method to analsye the projects as it focuses on time to recover the cash outflows
3 It doesnot need the forecast of discount rate as a slight change in discount rate can make huge differecne in NPV calculation and can change the decsion to accept or reject any projects.
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