PPMT

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

See Also

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

Syntax

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

For a more complete description of the arguments in PPMT, see PV.

Rate    is the interest rate per period.

Per    specifies the period 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— the total amount that a series of future payments is worth 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 (zero), that is, the future value of a loan is 0.

Type    is the number 0 or 1 and indicates when payments are due.

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

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.

Example 1

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

ShowHow?

  1. Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
  2. Select the example in the Help topic. Do not select the row or column headers.

    Selecting an example from Help

    Selecting an example from Help

  3. Press CTRL+C.
  4. In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
  5. To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Tools menu, point to Formula Auditing, and then click Formula Auditing Mode.
 
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Data Description (Result)
10% Annual interest rate
2 Number of years in the loan
2000 Amount of loan
Formula Description (Result)
=PPMT(A2/12, 1, A3*12, A4) Payment on principle for the first month of loan (-75.62)

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

Example 2

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

ShowHow?

  1. Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
  2. Select the example in the Help topic. Do not select the row or column headers.

    Selecting an example from Help

    Selecting an example from Help

  3. Press CTRL+C.
  4. In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
  5. To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Tools menu, point to Formula Auditing, and then click Formula Auditing Mode.
 
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A B
Data Description (Result)
8% Annual interest rate
10 Number of years in the loan
200,000 Amount of loan
Formula Description (Result)
=PPMT(A2, A3, 10, A4) Principal payment for the last year of the loan with the above terms (-27,598.05)