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How to calculate discount factors???????????

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA FR Financial Reporting Forums › How to calculate discount factors???????????

  • This topic has 11 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by danny07.
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  • September 24, 2011 at 5:34 am #49904
    nadir
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    If the discount rate is 10% , how do we calculate the discount rate of the next 5 years????

    Thanks in Advance

    September 24, 2011 at 8:12 am #88358
    cuteleo110
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    on calculator for Discount factor:
    year 1

    1.1^-1 = .909090
    year 2
    1.1^-2 = ..82644
    for year 5
    1.1^-5 = .62092

    just change the power as per year..

    🙂

    September 25, 2011 at 6:18 am #88359
    nadir
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    🙁
    No I don’t got it. When I made 1.1 to the power of 1, I got 1.1
    1.1 to the power of 2 = 1.21

    But where do u got 1.1 ?????

    September 25, 2011 at 8:11 am #88360
    cuteleo110
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    discount factor is 10%. when you divide 10 by 100 you will get .1
    here 1 is of formula..

    and please check i have written – minus sign with power..

    September 25, 2011 at 11:31 am #88361
    nadir
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    Thanks a lot I got it. 😀

    September 25, 2011 at 3:51 pm #88362
    cuteleo110
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    mention not,,

    October 16, 2011 at 12:39 pm #88363
    MikeLittle
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    problem sorted

    March 7, 2016 at 11:36 am #304007
    ogunjobiify
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    thanks

    September 20, 2016 at 1:03 pm #341009
    hameedaislam
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    And how to calculate cumulative discount factor for 4 years?

    September 23, 2016 at 4:20 pm #341476
    MikeLittle
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    Calculate for year 1, year 2, year 3 and year 4 and add them all together

    In the exam, this will be given to you within the question

    October 12, 2018 at 7:55 pm #477676
    danny07
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    But how it is calculated? cumulative discount factor.

    Thanks,
    Danny

    October 12, 2018 at 8:02 pm #477677
    danny07
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    I got it.

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