A company invests $100,000 in plant assets with an estimated 20-year service life and no salvage value

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A company invests $100,000 in plant assets with an estimated 20-year service life and no salvage value. These assets contribute $10,000 to annual net income when depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis. Compute the payback period and explain your computation.


Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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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Financial and Managerial Accounting the basis for business decisions

ISBN: 978-0078111044

16th edition

Authors: Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark Bettner, Joseph Carcello

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