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John Moffat.
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- November 24, 2016 at 2:55 pm #351191
Sir, in BPP kit, question 150, while calculating the sensitivity to selling price, why do they take present value post tax revenue figure instead of present value of revenue?
November 24, 2016 at 3:25 pm #351205Because if the revenue changes, then so too does the profit change, and therefore so too will the tax change.
If the revenue increases by (say) $100, then the profit will increase by $100, and therefore the tax on the profit will increase by (if the tax rate is say 30%) $30.
So the resulting increase in the cash flow will be 100 – 30 = 70.November 24, 2016 at 3:39 pm #351212So, do we also add the tax benefits to the present value of expenses when calculating the sensitivity to expenses?
November 25, 2016 at 6:50 am #351322Yes we do 🙂
November 25, 2016 at 7:29 am #351342I’m sorry sir, will we add or deduct the reduction of tax from the expenses for the denominator?
November 25, 2016 at 7:36 am #351349You are welcome 🙂
November 25, 2016 at 7:46 am #351353I’m sorry sir, will we add or deduct the reduction of tax from the expenses for the denominator?
November 25, 2016 at 2:19 pm #351415We take the expenses net of the tax saving (so deduct it).
November 25, 2016 at 5:16 pm #351483Thanks a lot sir 🙂 . By mistake I had typed add and was confused with the affirmative answer.
Thanks again 🙂
November 26, 2016 at 10:26 am #351579🙂 you are welcome 🙂
January 6, 2017 at 4:07 pm #365344what is the importance of sensitivity analysis to capital investment appraisal?
January 7, 2017 at 6:35 am #365383All the figures used in the calculations are estimates. Sensitivity analysis identifies the most critical of the estimates.
I suggest that you watch my free lectures on this. The lectures are a complete free course for Paper F9 and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.
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