LARGE + MATCH silently repeats a row and drops a real entrant the moment two scores tie — a bug that hides in plain sight on every sales leaderboard. Here's the classic RANK+COUNTIF fix and the one-formula 365 SORTBY+TAKE alternative, plus a free workbook.
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Contract modifications are where most SaaS and services companies quietly accumulate accounting errors. Here's the classic SUMPRODUCT approach and the one-formula 365 SCAN fix that auto-classifies modifications and calculates cumulative catch-up — plus a free workbook blueprint.
Most amortization tables are a fragile ladder of copy-down formulas that shatter the moment you insert a row. Here's the classic PMT/IPMT/PPMT build, and the Excel 365 dynamic-array version that spills the whole schedule from a single cell — plus a free workbook.
Excel's NPV function quietly assumes your first cash flow lands one full period in the future — so it discounts the whole project by an extra period and hands you a number that's off by thousands. Here's the classic fix, the XNPV/XIRR way for real dates, plus a free workbook.
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