David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of financial accounting, corporate and individual tax planning and preparation, and investing and retirement planning.

Net present value and the profitability index are helpful tools that allow investors and companies make decisions about where to allocate their money for the best return. Net present value tells us ...

The U.S Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) have announced the release of a new Web site, CheckMyNPV.com, designed to assist homeowners in ...

The net present value, or NPV, is a figure that project managers use to analyze a project's financial strength. You can find the NPV from a discounted cash flow analysis, which assesses future cash ...

The discount factor of a company is the rate of return that a capital expenditure project must meet to be accepted. It is used to calculate the net present value of future cash flows from a project ...

When teaching financial accounting, faculty often discuss bonds payable and how to calculate the issue price of a bond. The next time you cover this topic, consider teaching students how to calculate ...