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Edexcel IAL·Accounting·IAL Accounting

Investment Appraisal

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Appraising capital projects using payback, accounting rate of return and net present value.

Investment appraisal decides whether a long-term project is worthwhile by comparing the cash it brings in with its cost.

Payback period

How long the project takes to repay its initial cost from net cash inflows. Shorter is better (less risk), but it ignores cash after payback and the time value of money. payback=full years+amount still to recovercash inflow in next year\text{payback} = \text{full years} + \frac{\text{amount still to recover}}{\text{cash inflow in next year}}payback=full years+cash inflow in next yearamount still to recover​

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