IPMT function - Excel - Microsoft Office Online

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IPMT function

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2007

Returns the interest payment for a given period for an investment based on periodic, constant payments and a constant interest rate.

Syntax

IPMT(rate,per,nper,pv,fv,type)

Rate is the interest rate per period.

Per is the period for which you want to find the interest and must be in the range 1 to nper.

Nper is the total number of payment periods in an annuity.

Pv is the present value, or the lump-sum amount that a series of future payments is worth right now.

Fv is the future value, or a cash balance you want to attain after the last payment is made. If fv is omitted, it is assumed to be 0 (the future value of a loan, for example, is 0).

Type is the number 0 or 1 and indicates when payments are due. If type is omitted, it is assumed to be 0.

Set type equal to	If payments are due
0	At the end of the period
1	At the beginning of the period

Remarks

Make sure that you are consistent about the units you use for specifying rate and nper. If you make monthly payments on a four-year loan at 12 percent annual interest, use 12%/12 for rate and 4*12 for nper. If you make annual payments on the same loan, use 12% for rate and 4 for nper.
For all the arguments, cash you pay out, such as deposits to savings, is represented by negative numbers; cash you receive, such as dividend checks, is represented by positive numbers.

Example

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A	B
Data	Description
10%	Annual interest
1	Period for which you want to find the interest
3	Years of loan
8000	Present value of loan
Formula	Description (Result)
=IPMT(A2/12, A3, A4*12, A5	Interest due in the first month for a loan with the terms above (-66.67)
=IPMT(A2, 3, A4, A5)	Interest due in the last year for a loan with the terms above, where payments are made yearly (-292.45)

Note The interest rate is divided by 12 to get a monthly rate. The years the money is paid out is multiplied by 12 to get the number of payments.