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Default Which XL formula calculates Present Value of a single lump-sum Payment in 2027?

On Oct 11, 10:47 am, EagleOne wrote:
Assume a 5% discount rate
In 2027 a payment od $1,000,000
How do you fill in the PV function?


I would do:

=pv(5%, 2027 - year(today()), 0, -1000000)

You might want to use ROUND() around that. And of course, "2027 -
year(today())" could be replaced with a constant (20, today).