Question

The process of taking cash flow that is received or paid in the future and stating that cash flow in present value terms is called discounting. A. True B. False

Answer 1

Answer:

A. True

Explanation:

The process of taking cash flow that is received or paid in the future and stating that cash flow in present value terms is called discounting.

Discounting is the opposite of Compounding because discounting measures what the value of future cash flow is worth in the present while compounding takes the present value into the future. Discounting generally points to a method of knowing the present value of cash flow. Discounting is an important tool due to how a business could know the present value of what the business spends and gains by comparing it to the future value of what is to be received.

The cash flow that is received or paid in the future is less than the present value of the cash flow and that depicts the time value of money.