Real and nominalForums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FM Exams › Real and nominalThis topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 7 years ago by John Moffat.Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)AuthorPosts November 28, 2017 at 11:36 am #418625 richardscullyMemberTopics: 197Replies: 145☆☆☆Dear SirIn the case of a question of real and nominal, what figure do we divide the after tax cost of capital by if they give us separate inflation figures for sales and costs and ask us to do the real terms NPV???RegardsRichard November 28, 2017 at 2:09 pm #418663 John MoffatKeymasterTopics: 57Replies: 54701☆☆☆☆☆It would mean discounting each set of inflating flows separately, calculating a real cost of capital for each inflating flow separately.That would be ridiculous which is why, as I replied to you before, virtually always we discount the nominal flows at the nominal cost of capital.AuthorPostsViewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)You must be logged in to reply to this topic.Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In