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IRR Vs Cost of Capital MCQ quiz

MMoses11y ago
11) A Project require an initial outflow followed by 6 years of inflows. What will be the effect on the NPV and IRR if there is a decrease in cost of capital. a) NPV decrease IRR increase b) NPV Increasde IRR Decrease c) NPV increase IRR No change d) NPV increase IRR Increase I thought the right answer should have been d but it is given as c in the quiz. Kindly explain the reason here.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#1
The IRR is completely independent of the cost of capital. IRR is the rate of interest at which the project gives an NPV of zero - that will not change whatever the cost of capital happens to be.
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