“A capital budgeting decision is capable of changing the financial fortunes of a business.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer?

Capital budgeting decision means the firm's decision to invest its available funds in long term assets in most efficient and effective manner so as to earn benefits for a series of years.

The capital budgeting decisions include the decisions like -


Expansion


Acquisition


Modernization


Replacement


New product development


Obligatory and welfare investment


The features of capital budgeting decisions are that


They have long term consequences


They involve substantial outlays


They are difficult or expensive to reverse


The capital budgeting decisions are very crucial because they affect the earning capacity of the firm for long run as well as it involves huge amount of investment, which is almost irreversible.


So the capital budgeting decision should be taken with utmost care as it can change the fortune of a business either positive or negative that means it may increase the profitability or decrease the profitability and attract financial burden




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