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Impairment – Discount rates for Value in Use

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 3 weeks ago by Stephen Widberg.
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  • May 3, 2023 at 3:36 pm #683876
    danwilkinson93
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    Hi Stephen,

    In regards to “Businesses split Assets into different CGU’s because each CGU has different discount rates”

    I know this is related to risk but please can you help me have a deeper understanding of why?

    For example, if the Accounting tuition CGU will generate ‘value in use’ of £100k over the next 5 years, discounted down to present value lets say £80k in today’s value. Surely if the Dentist tuition CGU also generates ‘value in use’ of £100k over the next 5 years, then we would use the same discount factor %? (so that it would also be worth £80k in today’s value)

    Thank you for your enjoyable lecture on impairment.

    Many thanks,
    Dan

    May 3, 2023 at 7:40 pm #683894
    Stephen Widberg
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    Accounting and Dentistry both have expected future cash flows of 100k.

    Each will have a different discount rate – e.g. 10% for accounting and 15% for dentistry. (I’ve made these rates up, but they’ll be linked to Betas)

    So the present values (Value in use) will be different.

    Dentistry will have a lower value in use.

    Does that make sense?

    🙂

    May 3, 2023 at 9:14 pm #683896
    danwilkinson93
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    Hi Stephen,

    That’s the bit I understand. What I’m struggling with is – why do accounting and dentistry have different discount rates?

    Maybe I should have worded my question as – ‘what do discount rates actually represent?’

    Thanks,
    Dan

    May 4, 2023 at 7:11 am #683904
    Stephen Widberg
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    Discount rate is linked to risk – Beta of sector (think back to FM).

    Reminder about Betas:

    https://www.icaew.com/library/research-guides/beta-values

    I was assuming that dentistry is more risky, which may or may not be true.

    🙂

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