Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780077826482
Author: Stacey M Whitecotton Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 9ME
Computing Present Value of Complex Contract
As a result of a slowdown in operations, Tradewind Stores is offering employees who have been terminated a severance package of $100,000 cash paid today; $50,000 to be paid in one year; and an annuity of $20,000 to be paid each year for 20 years. What is the present value of the package assuming an interest rate of 6 percent?
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