CreditCard Ltd, an credit card processor is considering the selection of one from two mutually exclusive investment projects (A and B), each with an estimated five-year life. The Project A requires initial investment of £1,000,000 and is forecast to generate annual cash flows of £300,000. Its estimated residual value after five years is £100,000. The Project B costs £120,000 with a forecast scrap value of £10,000. The Project B should generate annual cash flows of £40,000. The company operates a straight-line depreciation policy and discounts cash flows at 15 per cent p.a.               CreditCard Ltd uses four investment appraisal techniques: payback period, net present value, internal rate of return and accounting rate of return (i.e. average accounting profit to average value of investment).   A. NPV of Project A is  5,600    B. NPV of Project A is  55,300   C. NPV of Project A is  49,700    D. NPV of Project A is 19,050

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    CreditCard Ltd, an credit card processor is considering the selection of one from two mutually exclusive investment projects (A and B), each with an estimated five-year life. The Project A requires initial investment of £1,000,000 and is forecast to generate annual cash flows of £300,000. Its estimated residual value after five years is £100,000. The Project B costs £120,000 with a forecast scrap value of £10,000. The Project B should generate annual cash flows of £40,000. The company operates a straight-line depreciation policy and discounts cash flows at 15 per cent p.a.

 

            CreditCard Ltd uses four investment appraisal techniques: payback period, net present value, internal rate of return and accounting rate of return (i.e. average accounting profit to average value of investment).

  A.

NPV of Project A is  5,600 

  B.

NPV of Project A is  55,300

  C.

NPV of Project A is  49,700 

  D.

NPV of Project A is 19,050

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