Please complete the attached amortization schedule This is a
Please complete the attached amortization schedule. This is a common task people in accounting and finance do all the time. One example is how a car payment or a house payment is calculated.
| Data | Period | Date | Interest Expense | Principal Reduction | Cash Payment | Unpaid Balance | |||||
| Loan Amount | $6,000.00 | issue date | 3/1/18 | 6,000.00 | |||||||
| Beginning Date | 1/1/2018 | 1 | 3/1/19 | 1,811.52 | |||||||
| Term (years) | 4 | 2 | 3/2/20 | 1,811.52 | |||||||
| Interest rate | 8.00% | 3 | 3/3/21 | 1,811.52 | |||||||
| 4 | 3/4/22 | 1,811.55 | |||||||||
| Annual Payment | $1,811.52 | Total | 1,246.10 | 6,000.00 | 7,246.11 | ||||||
Solution
Date Interest Period Date Interest Expenses Principal Cash Payment Unpaid Expense Reduction Balance Loan Amount $6,000.00 issue date 3/1/2018 $ - $ - $ - $6,000.00 Beginning Date 1/1/2018 1 3/1/2019 $ 480.00 $1,331.52 $1,811.52 $4,668.48 Term (years) 4 2 3/2/2020 $ 373.48 $1,438.04 $1,811.52 $3,230.44 Interest rate 8.00% 3 3/3/2021 $ 258.44 $1,553.08 $1,811.52 $1,677.35 4 3/4/2022 $ 134.19 $1,677.36 $1,811.55 $ (0.01) Annual Payment $1,811.52 Total $1,246.10 $6,000.00 $7,246.11