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Define the term "CAPITAL BUDGETING".

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Date Posted: 2014/08/10
MALIIK SOHAIL ABBAS
by MALIIK SOHAIL ABBAS , ACCOUNTS MANAGER , AL RAWDAH GREEN SWEET WATER

Capital Budgeting is the process by which the firm decides which long-term investments to make. Capital Budgeting projects, i.e., potential long-term investments, are expected to generate cash flows over several years. The decision to accept or reject a Capital Budgeting project depends on an analysis of the cash flows generated by the project and its cost. The following three Capital Budgeting decision rules will be presented:

Kashan Ali Akram
by Kashan Ali Akram , Senior Lecturer Accounting , Kean University NJ

The process in which a business determines whether projects such as building a new plant or investing in a long-term venture are worth pursuing. Oftentimes, a prospective project's lifetime cash inflows and outflows are assessed in order to determine whether the returns generated meet a sufficient target benchmark. Also known as "investment appraisal." 

Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud
by Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud , Chartered Accountant # 10465 , Self-employed

Capital budgeting is a process used by companies for evaluating and ranking potential expenditures or investments that are significant in amount.

Salman Khan
by Salman Khan , Business Partner , FD Strategic Consultants

Capital budgeting (or investment appraisal) is the planning process used to determine whether an organization's long term investments such as new machinery, replacement machinery, new plants, new products, and research development projects are worth the funding of cash through the firm's capitalization structure (debt, equity or retained earnings). It is the process of allocating resources for major capital.

Ednalyn Banuelos, CMA
by Ednalyn Banuelos, CMA , Projects Accountant , Grade Ref., LLC

Capital Budgeting is the process of evaluating and making long-term capital investment decisions.

Shamel Rashad, CMA
by Shamel Rashad, CMA , Finance Manager , Bavaria Alarm S.A.E.

Capital budgeting is the process of forecasting and evaluating long term investment decisions.

 

Due to the nature of long term investment decisions, in which revenues and associated costs are expected to occur over long spans of time (More than1 year), special procedures and evaluation methods are employed for such decisions.

 

The importance of this segment of financial decision taking is such that Capital Expenditures are always presented separately in the budget.

Malik Amin Muhammad Khan
by Malik Amin Muhammad Khan , Director Finance and Money Market Dealer , Pakistan Currency Exchange Pvt Lt; Franchise Dollar Shop

Capital budgeting refers to decisions pertaining to long term investments.

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Ideally, businesses should pursue all projects and opportunities that enhance shareholder value. However, because the amount of capital available at any given time for new projects is limited, management needs to use capital budgeting techniques to determine which projects will yield the most return over an applicable period of time. Popular methods of capital budgeting include net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), discounted cash flow (DCF) and payback period.

Nasrudeen burhan
by Nasrudeen burhan , Accountant cum Office Admin , Power Star Building Cleaning service

The process in which a business determines whether projects such as building a new plant or investing in a long-term venture are worth pursuing.

Ahmed Abd Alwahab Awad Ibrahim
by Ahmed Abd Alwahab Awad Ibrahim , Chief Accounting , ICCDP

Process that business use to determine What accept and need from Fixed Assets purchase and decline no need for the future business plan to achieve company target to complete company activities and also for expansion.

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

Capital Budgeting is the Financial Planning of a Proposed Long Term Investment and the  risk analysis connected to its viability and profitability for an Investment Deceision making.

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