Parkes Book Company's management is considering an advertising program that would require an initial expenditure of $165

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Parkes Book Company's management is considering an advertising program that would require an initial expenditure of $165 500 and bring in additional sales over the next five years. The projected additional sales revenue in year 1 is $75 000, with associated expenses of $25 000. The additional sales revenue and expenses from the advertising program are projected to increase by 10 percent each year. Ignore company income taxes.
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1 Calculate the payback period for the advertising program.
2 Calculate the advertising program's net present value, assuming a required rate of return of 8 percent.
Net Present Value
What is NPV? The net present value is an important tool for capital budgeting decision to assess that an investment in a project is worthwhile or not? The net present value of a project is calculated before taking up the investment decision at...
Payback Period
Payback period method is a traditional method/ approach of capital budgeting. It is the simple and widely used quantitative method of Investment evaluation. Payback period is typically used to evaluate projects or investments before undergoing them,...
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Management Accounting

ISBN: 9781760421144

7th Edition

Authors: Kim Langfield Smith, Helen Thorne, David Alan Smith, Ronald W. Hilton

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