The documented 25-year net calculation actually returns a 30-year total.
- Category
- Excessive Agency
- Confidence
- 100% confidence
- Finding
payback() accumulates 30 years of cash flows by default, but its returned cumulative value is displayed and evaluated as the 25-year net. This can overstate the stated 25-year financial outcome and suppress the negative-net warning for proposals that only become profitable in years 26–30, undermining the skill's core verification purpose.
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