(Ignore Income Taxes in This Problem

question 48

Essay

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.)The management of Nixon Corporation is investigating purchasing equipment that would cost $518,000 and have a 7 year life with no salvage value.The equipment would allow an expansion of capacity that would increase sales revenues by $364,000 per year and cash operating expenses by $211,000 per year.
Required:
Determine the simple rate of return on the investment to the nearest tenth of a percent.Show your work!

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Definitions:

Uncollectible Accounts

Accounts receivable that a company does not expect to collect and writes off as a bad debt expense.

Outstanding Accounts Receivable

Amounts due to a company from customers for goods or services provided on credit but not yet paid.

Bad Debt Percentage

Bad debt percentage is the proportion of receivables that a company expects not to collect, used in estimating the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Allowance

In accounting, an estimate for future adjustments to accounts receivable, reflecting debts that might not be collectible.