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  "$id": "https://askcalculators.com/calculator/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator/schema.json",
  "title": "Present Value of Cash Flows Calculator inputs",
  "description": "Discount periodic cash flows to period zero and show each present-value contribution.",
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    "cashFlows": {
      "title": "Cash flows by period",
      "type": "string",
      "default": "-1000, 200, 300, 400, 500"
    },
    "discountRate": {
      "title": "Discount rate per period",
      "type": "number",
      "default": 5,
      "minimum": -99.99,
      "maximum": 1000,
      "x-step": 0.01,
      "x-unit": "percent"
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  },
  "required": [
    "cashFlows",
    "discountRate"
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    "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/calculator/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator/?cashFlows=-1000%2C+200%2C+300%2C+400%2C+500&discountRate=5",
    "migrationStatus": "new",
    "reviewStatus": "pending",
    "pageStatus": "live",
    "workStatus": "pending",
    "formula": {
      "expression": "PV = Σ CFₜ ÷ (1+i)^t"
    },
    "quality": {
      "availability": "live",
      "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/present-value-of-cash-flows-calculator.json",
      "qualifiedReview": "pending",
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      "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
      "historicalMetadataDate": "2026-09-01",
      "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
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    "outputs": {
      "presentValue": {
        "title": "Present value of all cash flows",
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        "x-format": "currency",
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      "presentValuePositiveFlows": {
        "title": "PV of positive flows",
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        "x-format": "currency"
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      "presentValueNegativeFlows": {
        "title": "PV of negative flows",
        "type": "number",
        "x-format": "currency"
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      "undiscountedTotal": {
        "title": "Undiscounted total",
        "type": "number",
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      "cashFlowCount": {
        "title": "Cash flows",
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