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I was reading the biws guides and I came across a answer that didn’t make sense to me. The question involved a acquisition where you used some cash made some goodwill. The next part gave u the foregone interest rate on cash unused to make the acquisition. The part I don’t get is that they subtracted the foregone interest expense on the income statement but then didn’t add it back on the cf statement. Isn’t foregone interest just a non cash expense and more of an opportunity cost? Why would u realize it as a real cash loss

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The idea is that is you're losing future income from interest on cash

Ex. Projected net income for company A is $50 for next year. The $50 includes interest on cash. Let's say Company A cash balance was $100 with 1% interest on cash. That $50 projected net income includes the interest income ($100 x 1%). If you use $10 for an acquisition, your net income next year will decrease by ($10 x 1%) because your income from interest will drop.

 

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