Client took loan out for 6k January 2018 from her bank, payable over 5 years Interest is roughly 2k and is shown on agreement, but says it is accrued daily on outstanding loan, so would mean higher interest at the front end reducing. Do I need to work this out, and how would I do that, or can I divide the interest by 60 to apply to the accounts?
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John
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Yes, I've got the loan figure, the overall interest, and the APR (12.9%) so presumably I should work out the interest monthly based on the amount outstanding?
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John
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Hi John
Oh Im confused. I hate looking at other folks spreadsheets (especially when still got a headache from a busy weekend of booze!)
Is the £66 the interest for the first month (bottom of column D?) as that wouldnt be enough I dont think.
Also not sure where you have the 1827 days from. Sorry, I might be missing something!
For sum of digits I would be tempted to do the interest calc monthly (I know a purist would do it daly, but that would be 66000 lines of calc!)
Sum of digits works on a formula n * (N+1) / 2
n = number of months (or days if you insist).
For months this is literally the number of months ie 24 calculated as 1+2+3+4+5+6 etc answer is 300
ie using the formula 24 * (24+1) /2 = 300
Then you allocate the sum of digits to each month but kind of backwards
So interest for month 1 is calculated as 24/300 X £interest amount, say £2000 = £160 is interest in month 1
Month 2 23/300 X2000 = £153.32 is interest in month 2
Month 3 22/300 x 2000 =£146.67
Etc will show interest on reducing balance.
Hope Im making sense and my calcs are correct
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Hi John Oh Im confused. I hate looking at other folks spreadsheets (especially when still got a headache from a busy weekend of booze!) Lol I polished off my remaining 1/3rd bottle of Southern Comfort last night whilst watching the movie Skyscraper.
Is the £66 the interest for the first month (bottom of column D?) as that wouldnt be enough I dont think. Yes, it's over 5 years though.
Also not sure where you have the 1827 days from. Sorry, I might be missing something! 365 x 5 years + 1 day for leap year, then the +1
For sum of digits I would be tempted to do the interest calc monthly (I know a purist would do it daly, but that would be 66000 lines of calc!) Sorry, misunderstood you, thought I had to do it daily
Sum of digits works on a formula n * (N+1) / 2 60 x 61 = 3660 / 2 = 1830 n = number of months (or days if you insist). For months this is literally the number of months ie 24 calculated as 1+2+3+4+5+6 etc answer is 300 ie using the formula 24 * (24+1) /2 = 300
Then you allocate the sum of digits to each month but kind of backwards So interest for month 1 is calculated as 24/300 X £interest amount, say £2000 = £160 is interest in month 1 60 / 1830 x 2043 = £66.98 Harrah I have got it right, as it will be fractionally higher doing it monthly.
Month 2 23/300 X2000 = £153.32 is interest in month 2
Month 3 22/300 x 2000 =£146.67
Etc will show interest on reducing balance.
Hope Im making sense and my calcs are correct
Thanks Joanne, your help is much appreciated.
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John
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