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  • November 18, 2012 at 8:16 pm #55456
    mansi
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    hi,i would like 2 know whether we should include only long term loan in the formula of waac? should cost of overdrafts be ignored just like in june 2010 qu 2?
    in the formula of gearing,should we also ignore short term debts?

    November 19, 2012 at 5:25 pm #107824
    John Moffat
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    It really depends on whether the company intends to keep the overdraft in the long term (even though overdrafts are always shown in the Statement of Financial Position as current liabilities).

    For WACC we always assume the overdraft is just short-term and we ignore it.

    However for the gearing ratio, although we usually ignore it, if it seemed that it was intended for the long term then we would include it.

    November 20, 2012 at 8:44 am #107825
    mansi
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    thx 4 helping me, i was quite confused wen i atempted that question

    November 20, 2012 at 5:35 pm #107826
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

    December 8, 2012 at 6:25 am #107827
    mansi
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    thxx 4 zis advice 🙂 in the exams i did not include cost of overdraft in WACC 🙂

    December 9, 2012 at 9:37 am #107828
    John Moffat
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    Thats OK 🙂

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