Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts
Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781259569197
Author: Thomas P Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds, Bor-Yi Tsay, Philip R Olds
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Explain the time value of money concept.

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Time value of money:

Time value of money refers to the concept that the value of money available at present worth’s more in the future due to its potential earning capacity.

Justification:

The value of the dollar today worth’s more than the value of the dollar in the future. Since a dollar could be invested to earn interest and as a result it reduces both:

  • The risk associated with its receipt, and
  • The risk of its decrease in buying power due to inflation. 

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