Capital budgeting techniques
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Learning objectives:
- Explain the difference between simple and compound interest.
- Explain the concept of time value of money.
- Compute the present value of a single sum and an annuity.
- Analyze investment projects using major capital budgeting techniques like net present value, internal rate of return, payback period and accounting rate of return.
- Explain the concept of after-tax cost, after-tax benefit and after-tax cash flow.
- Explain how income tax impacts the computation of net present value of a project.
- Explain the procedure of capital rationing.
Number of pages: 9
Approximate time required: 3 – 4 hours
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