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2.3.3 Guidelines for capital budgeting i. Use cash flows rather than accounting profit The cash flows that directly affect the firm’s ability to pay bills and purchase assets. If a company cannot generate
cash flow from its projects, sooner or later, it will be insolvent Cash flow is theoretically better measures or the net economic benefits or costs associated with a prospective project.
Use of cash flows minimized accounting ambiguities that are prevalent in determining earnings. Where different earnings number could be developed for the same project depending on the
accounting procedures followed, there is only one set of cash flow stream associated with a project.
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