Specifically, the „Monthly Instalment Amount‟ of an instalment loans with irregular payments is simply calculated <strong>by</strong> taking the total amount financed and this figure is divided <strong>by</strong> the total number of months of the loan. For example, assume we have an instalment loan granted in January 1 st 2008, where the final expiration is in December 31 st 2008, and the total amount of the loan is 120,000,000 taka. Regardless of what the individual payments are, and when they occur, the „Monthly Instalment Amount‟ will be 120,000,000 / 12 = 10,000,000 taka. This is the same behaviour applied to any instalment contract that is not repaid on a monthly basis. Once the Monthly Instalment Amount is determined, you need to remember to set “Periodicity” to the correct one (using „I‟ if it is irregular). Next you need to correctly fill the „Amount of Next Expiring Instalment‟ and the „Expiration Date of Next Instalment‟. The correct way to fill these out depends on the specific situation: If the actual amount and Expiration Date of Next Instalment of a future irregular payment is known more than one month in advance, both should be reported (see Example 1). In case the irregular payment is not known in advance there are two different scenarios. o The first is if the customer still pays a regular monthly payment and occasionally they pay irregular payment. In this case both fields „Amount of Next Expiring Instalment‟ and 'Expiration Date of Next Instalment' should be blank until the irregular payment is known (see Example 2). o In the second case, i.e. the customer does not pay any regular payments between irregular payments, the field 'Amount of Next Expiring Instalment' should be set to 0 (zero) and the field 'Expiration Date of Next Instalment' should be set to a valid date (next month). If the date is validated, any amount that is reported as zero means that there was 'no payment' for that date (see Example 3). Example 1: irregular payment known in advance Accounting Date Monthly Instalment Amount Amount of Next Expiring Instalment Expiration Date of Next Instalment 31/01/2008 500,000 1,000,000 30/04/2008 29/02/2008 500,000 1,000,000 30/04/2008 31/03/2008 500,000 1,000,000 30/04/2008 30/04/2008 500,000 2,000,000 30/10/2008 … … … … Example 2: irregular payment not known in advance; customer pays regular installments Accounting Date Monthly Instalment Amount 31/01/2008 500,000 29/02/2008 500,000 Amount of Next Expiring Instalment Expiration Date of Next Instalment 31/03/2008 500,000 2,000,000 30/04/2008 30/04/2008 500,000 … … … Example 3: irregular payment not known in advance; customer does not pay any regular installments Accounting Date Monthly Instalment Amount Amount of Next Expiring Instalment 86 of 92 Expiration Date of Next Instalment 31/01/2008 500,000 0 29/02/2008 29/02/2008 500,000 0 31/03/2008
31/03/2008 500,000 1,000,000 30/04/2008 30/04/2008 500,000 0 31/05/2008 … … … Please notice that in our examples the Instalment Amount was always set to 500,000. This doen‟t mean that each month 500,000 were due <strong>by</strong> the Borrower. Quite the opposite, as the actual amount paid can be seen in the Amount of Next Expiring Instalment column. Rather, the 500,000 taka is the calculated Monthly Installment Amount taken <strong>by</strong> dividing the total Financed Amount divided <strong>by</strong> the months of duration of the loan. 87 of 92