Question

Dan Dayle started a business by issuing an $80,000 face value note to First State Bank on January 1, 2018. The note had an 8 percent annual rate of interest and a five-year term. Payments of $20,037 are to be made each December 31 for five years. Required What portion of the December 31, 2018, payment is applied to interest expense and principal? What is the principal balance on January 1, 2019? What portion of the December 31, 2019, payment is applied to interest expense and principal?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The interest expense would be

= Borrowing amount × annual rate of interest

= $80,000 × 8%

= $6,400

And, the principal would be

= Annual payment - interest expense

= $20,037 - $6,400

= $13,637

The principal balance on January 1, 2019 would be

= Borrowed amount - principal repaid amount

= $80,000 - $13,637

= $66,363

The interest expense would be

= Borrowing amount of 2019 × annual rate of interest

= $66,363 × 8%

= $5,309

And, the principal would be

= Annual payment - interest expense

= $20,037 - $5,309

= $14,728