A company is considering two mutually exclusive proposals, X and Y
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A company is considering two mutually exclusive proposals, X and Y

A company is considering two mutually exclusive proposals, X and Y. Proposal X will require the purchase of machine X, for Rs 1,50,000 with no salvage value but an increase in the level of working capital to the tune of Rs 50,000 over its life. The project will generate additional sales of Rs 1,30,000 and require cash expenses of Rs 30,000 in each of the 5 years of its life. Proposal Y will require the purchase of machine Y for Rs 2,50,000 with no salvage value and additional working capital of Rs 70,000. The project is expected to generate additional sales of Rs 2,00,000 with cash expenses aggregating Rs 50,000. Both the machines are subject to written down value method of depreciation at the rate of 20 per cent. Assuming the company does not have any other asset in the block of 20 per cent; has 12 per cent cost of capital and is subject to 35 per cent tax, advise which machine it should purchase? What course of action would you suggest if Machine X and Machine Y have salvage values of Rs 10,000 and Rs 25,000 respectively?

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Accounts & FinanceMutually Exclusive Projects is the term which is used generally in the capital budgeting process where the companies choose a single project on the basis of certain parameters out of the set of the projects where acceptance of one project will lead to rejection of the other projects.Mutually exclusive projects: If the NPV of one project is greater than the NPV of the other pr...

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