Eric Ishton, a manager of the Plate Division for the Stone Ware Manufacturing company, has the opportunity

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Eric Ishton, a manager of the Plate Division for the Stone Ware Manufacturing company, has the opportunity to expand the division by investing in additional machinery costing $430,000. He would depreciate the equipment using the straight-line method and expects it to have no residual value. It has a useful life of 8 years. The firm mandates a required after-tax rate of return of 12% on investments. Eric estimates annual net cash inflows for this investment of $ 110,000 before taxes and an investment in working capital of $7,500. The tax rate is 30%.


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1. Calculate the net present value of this investment.

2. Calculate the accrual accounting rate of return based on net initial investment for this project.

3. Should Eric accept the project? Will Eric accept the project if his bonus depends on achieving an accrual accounting rate of return of 12%? How can this conflict be resolved?


Net Present Value
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Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis

ISBN: 978-0133428704

15th edition

Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan

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