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CAPITAL INVESTMENT APPRAISAL







            Changes in working capital




            • Changes in working capital over the projects life are relevant.





            Example:                                                                  Each year: Subtract any increase in
                                                                                   working capital and add any decrease in

                                                                                                   working capital.
                                                                                  Working capital levels revert back to their

                                                                                  original levels at the end of a projects life
                                                                                    – therefore an opposite entry must be
                                                                                   made in the last year of the projects life.




            • Therefore cash flow in year 1 = 100 000 – 10 000 = 90 000 (sales revenue
                less increase in working capital).




            • The cash flow in year 2 = 200 000 + 10 000 = 210 000 (sales revenue plus
                decrease in working capital).




                                                                                 Debtors that did not pay in year 1              111
                                                                                           will pay in year 2.
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