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Discounting – why discount a cost?

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FM Exams › Discounting – why discount a cost?

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  • January 20, 2021 at 8:27 pm #607348
    08hf
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    Hi,

    I understand why we discount a cash inflow but don’t understand why we discount a future cash outflow.

    January 21, 2021 at 9:06 am #607407
    John Moffat
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    We discount both for the same reasons. We are calculating the equivalent amounts ‘now’ of the inflows and outflows.

    If you are at all unsure of the logic of discounting then do watch my free Paper MA lectures on interest and on investment appraisal, because the discount is revision from Paper MA (was Paper F2).

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