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Excel functions, or formulas, lie at the heart of the application’s deep well of capabilities. Today we’ll tackle IF statements, a string of commands that determine whether a condition is met or not.

In this article we will take a quick look at simple formulas in Excel, especially the calculation of VAT and inclusive of the sale price (including tax) for a purchase price without VAT (tax). Method ...

Have you ever followed a YouTube tutorial, carefully copied an Excel formula, and hit “Enter,” only to be met with an error or baffling results? It’s a ...

Excel's basic formulas work fine for simple calculations, but they quickly become cumbersome when you're dealing with complex data analysis. You end up with nested functions that are hard to read, ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. CAGR measures an investment's average annual growth ...