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Answer: actual/360 and 30/360 amortization?
Yes, Excel can differentiate between actual/360 and 30/360 amortization when creating an amortization schedule from scratch. Here's how:
- Open a new Excel spreadsheet and create a table with the following columns: Payment Date, Payment Amount, Interest, Principal, and Balance.
- In the Payment Date column, enter the first payment date.
- In the Payment Amount column, enter the total payment amount for each period.
- In the Balance column, enter the initial loan amount.
- In the Interest column, enter the formula to calculate the interest for each period. For actual/360, the formula is:
Code:
(Balance * Rate * Days)/360
. For 30/360, the formula is:
Code:
(Balance * Rate * Days)/360
, where Days is calculated as follows: if the payment date falls on the last day of the month, use 30; if the payment date falls on the 31st day of the month, use 30; otherwise, use the actual number of days in the month. - In the Principal column, enter the formula to calculate the principal for each period. The formula is: Payment Amount - Interest.
- In the Balance column, enter the formula to calculate the remaining balance for each period. The formula is: Balance - Principal.
- Copy the formulas down to the rest of the rows in the table.
- Format the table as desired.
By following these steps, you can create an amortization schedule in Excel that differentiates between actual/360 and 30/360 amortization.
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