You currently have a​ one-year-old loan outstanding on your car. You make monthly payments of $ 500. You have just made a payment. The loan has four years to go​ (i.e., it had an original term of five​ years). Show the timeline from your perspective. How would the timeline differ if you created it from the​ bank's perspective?

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Answer:

Since there is not enough room here, I prepared an amortization schedule on an excel spreadsheet. The amortization schedule starts on year 1 (red color) and ends on year 5.

I also assumed a $23,500 initial loan (principal) and a 10% annual rate. I did this just to show how much principal is reduced every month and how much interest is paid. Your liability (loan's principal) decreases month by month.

If you are a bank, instead of interest expense, you would consider this an interest payment, and as the principal decreases, your asset (loan) decreases.