How To Use: CUMIPMT Function

CUMIPMT Function returns the cumulative interest paid on a loan between a given period.

It calculates the cumulative interest paid on a loan or investment, between two specified periods.

The CUMIPMT function is an inbuilt function in Excel. It is in the category of Financial Functions.

It is used as a worksheet function. You can enter the CUMIPMT Function as part of a formula in a cell of a worksheet.

Syntax for CUMIPMT Function

=CUMPRINC(rate, nper, pv, start_period, end_period, type)

Arguments

Rate: Required. The interest rate.

Nper: Required. The total number of payment periods.

Pv: Required. The present value.

Start_period: Required. The first period in the calculation. Payment periods are numbered beginning with 1.

End_period: Required. The last period in the calculation.

Type: Required. The timing of the payment. Where 0 is payment at the end of the period and 1 is payment at the beginning of the period.

Cash paid out such as deposits to savings is represented by negative numbers. Cash received such as dividend checks is represented by positive numbers.

Units for rate and nper must be consistent. Use N%/12 for rate and N*12 for nper in the case of monthly payments, N%/4 for rate and N*4 for nper in the case of quarterly payments, N% for rate and N for nper in the case of annual payments.

We have created the infographics for the CUMIPMT Function. With the help of these infographics, you can easily learn step by step process for using this excel functions.

Furthermore, Excel consists of many inbuilt functions which are helpful in the analytical and statistical study of number.

Simply follow the instructions in the infographics below:

Errors

#NUM! error occurs, if rate ≤ 0, nper ≤ 0, or pv ≤ 0.

CUMIPMT gives #NUM! error, if start_period < 1, end_period < 1, or start_period > end_period.

Additionally, CUMIPMT returns the #NUM! error if the type is any number other than 0 or 1.

#VALUE! error occurs when any of the supplied arguments are not recognized as numeric values.

Generally, while calculating monthly or quarterly payments, many users forget to convert annual interest rates or the number of periods to months or quarters.

Thus, to solve this problem you must ensure that the rate and the nper arguments are expressed in the correct units.

To learn other function like CUMPRINC, ACCRINTM and PRODUCT Functions, please click on the name of the function.

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