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Project appraisals contains a method called Payback period?

Project appraisals contains a method called Payback period? which: a. Takes into consideration of cash flows after payback period b. Takes into consideration only cash flows within payback period and ignores after that c. Is the best method of project appraisal d. calculates cash flows of1st and2nd year

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Question added by Anayatullah Tahir , Finance Manager , Etqan Projects
Date Posted: 2014/04/14
Muhammad Zubair
by Muhammad Zubair , CFO / Chief Accountant , RH Group

b. Takes into consideration only cash flows within payback period and ignores after that

Shahbaz Hayder
by Shahbaz Hayder , Group Head of Finance , Sharif Group of Companies

Option B is the right answer.

Mohammad Ibrahim, CMA, CertIFR
by Mohammad Ibrahim, CMA, CertIFR , Accounting Operation Team Leader , KFH ( Kuwait Finance House )

Answer ( B ) ,

one of the dis-advantage of payback period , is it did not take into consideration :

1- the Time Value Of Money ( Discounted ) .

2- any cash flow beyond the payback Period .

 

Asad zaman
by Asad zaman , Audit/Finance , Rafaqat Baber and co

B is correct answer and its huge disadvantage

Rashad Moursi
by Rashad Moursi , Finance Director & Business Development, International Business Transformer Owners Repr. - Hotels , Investment and financial

Will go to "B"

Payback methoed tells managment haw many months or years it will take to recover the original cash cost of the project.

Cost of the project / annual cash revenues = Payback period

Ahmed Abdi Mahad
by Ahmed Abdi Mahad , Director of Internal Auditing Directorate , Jigjiga University

Choice B is the answer for your question dear brother

Aziz ur Rehman ur Rehman
by Aziz ur Rehman ur Rehman , Assistant Manager Finance , Central Power Puchasing Agency (CPPA)

It is the period  by which origional investment will be earned and the

Answer is "B"

Takes into consideration only cash flows within payback period and ignores after that

Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi
by Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi , Group Credit Controller , Gps Group,Dubai.

Answer B.

 

Joshi Mathew

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