Assume You Have Been Hired to Appraise a Local Hospital

question 37

Multiple Choice

Assume you have been hired to appraise a local hospital. Your best estimate of the reproduction (or replacement) cost of the building is $3,700,000. However, upon evaluating the use of land in the local area, you have deemed the value of the site to be worth an additional $800,000. If the building has depreciated by $500,000 over its lifetime and there are no further depreciation losses due to external or functional obsolescence, what is the indicated value of the hospital using the cost approach?

• A) $2,400,000
• B) $3,700,000
• C) $4,000,000
• D) $4,500,000

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Definitions:

Projected Taxable Income

An estimate of an entity's income for a fiscal period that is subject to income tax.

CCPC

Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation; a designation in Canada for privately owned companies that meet certain criteria for tax purposes.

Net Operating Profit After Taxes (NOPAT)

A measure of an organization's operational efficiency, representing its earnings before interest and taxes minus taxes.

EBIT

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) measures a company's operational profitability by excluding interest and taxes from its net income.