PV Function

Returns a Double specifying the present value of an annuity based on periodic, fixed payments to be paid in the future and a fixed interest rate.


PV( rate, nper , pmt [, fv ] [, type ] )

The PV function syntax has these arguments:










Optional. Variant specifying future value or cash balance you want after you've made the final payment. For example, the future value of a loan is $0 because that's its value after the final payment. However, if you want to save $50,000 over 18 years for your child's education, then $50,000 is the future value. If omitted, 0 is assumed.









In this example, the PV function returns the present value of an $1,000,000 annuity that will provide $50,000 a year for the next 20 years. Provided are the expected annual percentage rate (APR), the total number of payments (TotPmts), the amount of each payment (YrIncome), the total future value of the investment (FVal), and a number that indicates whether each payment is made at the beginning or end of the payment period (PayType). Note that YrIncome is a negative number because it represents cash paid out from the annuity each year.

Dim Fmt, APR, TotPmts, YrIncome, FVal, PayType, PVal
Fmt = "###,##0.00" ' Define money format.
APR = .0825 ' Annual percentage rate.
TotPmts = 20 ' Total number of payments.
YrIncome = 50000 ' Yearly income.
FVal = 1000000 ' Future value.
PayType = BEGINPERIOD ' Payment at beginning of month.
PVal = PV(APR, TotPmts, -YrIncome, FVal, PayType)
MsgBox "The present value is " & Format(PVal, Fmt) & "."
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