Categories: Finance

Amortization

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>To capitalize upon the opportunities belonging to over the years the companies often fulfill funding requirements through long term debts from banks or financial institutions&period; These long-standing loans are repaid in yearly installments usually&period; Annual installments include principle repayments and interest payments both&period; For the purpose of financial accounting and matching interests over the period to that year revenues the segregation of interest and principle payments is necessary&period; Interest payment is charged as expense to the income statement and principle payment reduces the liability standing in the balance sheet each year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This separation of principle and interest is not a simple job rather it requires understanding of loan covenant and financial management including time value of money&period; Amortization table is constructed to determine the annual installment and disintegration of the installment into principle and interest payments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The step wise procedure for creation of amortization table is as follows&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Determine the annual installment payment which is computed through dividing the total amount of loan by the present value interest factor of annuity calculated on the cost of capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• A year wise and column wise schedule of payments is constructed where first column shows no of years&comma; second total installment&comma; third loan&sol;principle at the beginning of each year&comma; fourth interest on loan&comma; fifth principal repayment&comma; and sixth loan&sol;principal outstanding at the end of each of year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Interest is calculated by multiplying the cost of debt to the opening balance of loan&sol;principal for each year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>• Principal repayment is determined by subtracting the interest payment calculated in step 3 from the total installment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Principal outstanding at the end of each year is determined by subtracting principal as calculated in step 4 from the opening balance of the loan each year&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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