How To Use PMT Formula in Excel
PMT, one of the financial functions, calculates the payment for a loan based on constant payments and a constant interest rate.
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Syntax
PMT(rate, nper, pv, [fv], [type])
Note: For a more complete description of the arguments in PMT, see the PV function.
The PMT function syntax has the following arguments:
Rate Required. The interest rate for the loan.
Nper Required. The total number of payments for the loan.
Pv Required. The present value, or the total amount that a series of future payments is worth now; also known as the principal.
Fv Optional. 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 Optional. The number 0 (zero) 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
Remarks
The payment returned by PMT includes principal and interest but no taxes, reserve payments, or fees sometimes associated with loans.
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 an annual interest rate of 12 percent, use 12%/12 for rate and 4*12 for nper. If you make annual payments on the same loan, use 12 percent for rate and 4 for nper.
Tip To find the total amount paid over the duration of the loan, multiply the returned PMT value by nper.
Example
Copy the example data in the following table, and paste it in cell A1 of a new Excel worksheet. For formulas to show results, select them, press F2, and then press Enter. If you need to, you can adjust the column widths to see all the data.
Data
Description
8%
Annual interest rate
10
Number of months of payments
$10,000
Amount of loan
Formula
Description
Result
=PMT(A2/12,A3,A4)
Monthly payment for a loan with terms specified as arguments in A2:A4.
($1,037.03)
=PMT(A2/12,A3,A4)
Monthly payment for a loan with with terms specified as arguments in A2:A4, except payments are due at the beginning of the period.
($1,030.16)
Data
Description
6%
Annual interest rate
18
Number of months of payments
$50,000
Amount of loan
Formula
Description
Live Result
=PMT(A12/12,A13*12, 0,A14)
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