Liv Enterprise is considering a national launch of 2 corn chip products under project A and B. The National launch will require the following:Additional manufacturing equipment; Project A: K900, 000.00 and Project B: K1, 000,000.00 Upgrading Existing Facilities; Project A: K100, 000.00 and Project B: K400,000.00 Both of the above would be paid for at the outset and would be depreciated in the accounts over a five year period using straight line with a residual value of for both for Project A and B of zero.Projected revenues and costs over a period of five years are given in table below:Project AYear     Revenue                     Costs1      K1,200,000.00      K1,340,000.002      K2,000,000.00      K1,670,000.003      K2,000,000.00      K1,520,000.004      K2,250,000.00      K1,685,000.005      K2,250,000.00      K1,685,000.00 Project B Year   Revenue            Costs1    K1,300,000.00    K1,460,000.002    K2,100,000.00    K1,520,000.003    K2,200,000.00    K1,400,000.004    K2,400,000.00    K1,600,000.005    K2,500,000.00    K1,720,000.00i) Appraise the two projects through the use of Accounting Rate of Return andsuggest which of the two offers a better option. Please note that the abovecosts do not include depreciation.

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Liv Enterprise is considering a national launch of 2 corn chip products under project A and B. The National launch will require the following:
Additional manufacturing equipment; Project A: K900, 000.00 and Project B: K1, 000,000.00 Upgrading Existing Facilities; Project A: K100, 000.00 and Project B: K400,000.00 Both of the above would be paid for at the outset and would be depreciated in the accounts over a five year period using straight line with a residual value of for both for Project A and B of zero.
Projected revenues and costs over a period of five years are given in table below:
Project A
Year     Revenue                     Costs
1      K1,200,000.00      K1,340,000.00
2      K2,000,000.00      K1,670,000.00
3      K2,000,000.00      K1,520,000.00
4      K2,250,000.00      K1,685,000.00
5      K2,250,000.00      K1,685,000.00

Project B

Year   Revenue            Costs
1    K1,300,000.00    K1,460,000.00
2    K2,100,000.00    K1,520,000.00
3    K2,200,000.00    K1,400,000.00
4    K2,400,000.00    K1,600,000.00
5    K2,500,000.00    K1,720,000.00

i) Appraise the two projects through the use of Accounting Rate of Return and
suggest which of the two offers a better option. Please note that the above
costs do not include depreciation.

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Accounting rate of return (ARR) refers to the share rate of return which is predicted from an investment or asset comparing it to the initial cost of investment. So, it is basically used to make capital budgeting decisions.etc.

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