Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259565403
Author: William N. Lanen Professor, Shannon Anderson Associate Professor, Michael W Maher
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 39E
Effects of Current Cost on Performance Measurements
Upper Division of Lower Company acquired an asset with a cost of $600,000 and a four-year life. The
The cost of the asset is expected to increase at a rate of 10 percent per year, compounded each year. Performance measures are based on beginning-of-year gross book values for the investment base. Ignore taxes.
Required
- a. What is the
ROI for each year of the asset’s life, using a historical cost approach? - b. What is the ROI for each year of the asset’s life if both the investment base and
depreciation are determined by the current cost of the asset at the start of each year?
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