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Formula for Calculating Internal Rate of Return (IRR) in Excel

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Businesses use it to determine which discount rate makes the present value of future after-tax cash flows equal to the initial cost of the capital investment. Or to put it more simply: What discount rate would cause the net present value (NPV) of a project to be $0? number of individual cash flows.