When a firm has flotation costs equal to 6.8 percent of the funding need, project analysts should increase the initial project cost by dividing that cost by (1-0.068). The flotation cost is the cost which emerge when a corporation gather its fund by issuing new securities. Underwriting fees, legal fees, registration fees are the common fees that will increase corporate's expense when they issue securities. Therefore, we can consider those fees as a flotation cost.
<span>If I have a one year loan outstanding on my car and make monthly $400 payments, my timeline would include twelve equal payments of $400 starting now. The bank's timeline would be the same twelve equal installments of $400 but they would be cash inflows since I am paying the money to the bank. I would consider the $400 a cash outflow.</span>
