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Abandonment Value

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Abandonment Value
The value of an asset if it were sold immediately and all debts associated with it were repaid. That is, the abandonment value is what would be left over after an asset is sold and all the bills were paid. It is also called the liquidation value. See also: Market Price.


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If its value in place (the net present value of remaining cash flows) falls below its abandonment value (the amount that could be obtained through sale or other disposal), the asset should be abandoned and an impairment realized.
Emery, "Asset Growth, Abandonment Value and the Replacement Decision of Like-for-Like Capital Assets," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (June 1980), pp.
 
 
 
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