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mlima June 2013

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA AFM Exams › mlima June 2013

  • This topic has 7 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 12, 2014 at 11:25 am #209298
    emoke
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    I can see in the key, tht in the APV the PV of the financial packace discounted by the cost of debt, but tht is nt indicated tht discounting with risk free rate wld be also accepted. Was it? Because based on the textbook tht is also an option.

    November 12, 2014 at 12:59 pm #209344
    John Moffat
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    Yes – the examiner always accepts using either rate 🙂

    November 12, 2014 at 1:45 pm #209356
    emoke
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    Thanks!

    November 12, 2014 at 5:23 pm #209415
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

    November 20, 2014 at 1:03 am #211486
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    If I use company’s normal borrowing rate to discount cash flows I state assumption that it is actual cost. But If using risk free rate, what assumption can we say about it, why we used this rate?

    November 20, 2014 at 4:30 pm #211657
    John Moffat
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    The rate at which we discount that tax benefits should be the rate applicable to the riskiness of those benefits.

    If we use the cost of debt, we are assuming that the tax benefits have the same riskiness at the debt.

    If we use the risk free rate, we are assuming that the tax benefits have zero risk.

    November 20, 2014 at 5:34 pm #211683
    karmuks
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    Thank you 🙂

    November 20, 2014 at 5:52 pm #211695
    John Moffat
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    You are very welcome 🙂

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