Given the Following Information and Assuming a CCA Rate of 20

question 303

Multiple Choice

Given the following information and assuming a CCA rate of 20%, what is the NPV of this project? Initial investment = $400,000; life = five years; before-tax cost savings = $150,000 per year; salvage
Value = $30,000 in year 5; tax rate = 34%; discount rate = 14%.

• A) -$149,841
• B) -$33,117
• C) $0
• D) $19,800
• E) $27,428

Evaluate the effects of lease terms, such as bargain purchase options, guaranteed and unguaranteed residual values, and implicit interest rates on lease classification and accounting treatment.

Understand the differences between GAAP and IFRS in terms of lease accounting and the reasons for those differences.

Apply the concept of constructive capitalization to operating leases for financial analysis purposes.

Determine the income recognition method for lessors under different types of leases.

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Definitions:

Times Interest Earned Ratio

A financial metric that measures a company's ability to meet its interest payments on outstanding debt.

Creditors

Entities or individuals to whom money is owed by a business or individual for goods or services provided or as a result of a loan.

Present Value

Today's equivalent value of a prospective sum or cash flows expected later, arrived at by applying a certain rate of return.

Compounded Annually

Describes the process of earning interest on both the initial principal and the accumulated interest from previous periods on an annual basis.