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Hire Purchase Accounting Treatment (Con't)

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  • November 23, 2017 at 9:34 am #417557
    xiiaolih
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    Can help me to have a check for the double entry that I write for the following? Thanks you sir

    For example, the company purchase a car of RM70,000. He pay 20,000 for down payment. Therefore, the remaining 50,000 is paid using hire purchase facilities for 6 years. The interest rate per annum is 5%.

    The double entry will be:
    When I am purchased the car,

    Debit Car 70,000
    Credit: Account payable 70,000

    When I pay the down payment,
    Debit Account payable 20,000
    Credit Bank 20,000

    When the hire purchase has been approved, transfer from account payable to hire purchase creditor

    Debit Account payable 50,000
    Debit Interest Suspense (50000*5%* 6 Years)= 15.000
    Credit Hire purchase creditor 65,000

    When the time I have to pay monthly installment:

    Monthly installment= 65,000/60months= RM1083.33 per month

    RM1083.33 (Principal, Interest)

    This is made up of:
    Interest= RM250
    Principal= RM833.33

    Debit hire purchase creditor 1083.33
    Credit Bank 1083.33

    Debit interest expense(finance charge) 250
    Credit Interest suspense 250

    Sir, may I knw the double entry that I write is it correct?
    and when I purchase the car for 70,000 and pay down payment of 20,000

    Can I straight away

    Debit Car 70,000
    Credit Account Payable 50,000
    Credit Bank 20000

    OR

    I have to made 2 times double entry?

    Debit Car 70,000
    Credit Account payable 70,000

    Debit Account Payable 20,000
    Credit Bank 20,000

    November 23, 2017 at 1:24 pm #417574
    MikeLittle
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    “Debit Car 70,000
    Credit Account Payable 50,000
    Credit Bank 20000”

    That’s perfectly acceptable

    I’m not convinced about the calculation of the interest as a flat $250 per month for two reasons:

    1) It’s unlikely to be the case that interest stays level throughout the 6 years … it will more likely be greater in the first period and less in the last period with a declining interest amount each month compared with the previous month

    2) $15,000 interest / 72 months does not equal $250 per month! It’s $208.33

    Otherwise your double entry works ok

    As a matter of interest, if you’re paying 1083.33 per month and the interest rate is 5%, you start owing $67,267 and, over 72 months, the debt will be paid off

    The first year’s finance charge would be $3,139.41

    If it really is $70,000 that you owe and the rate is 5%, you should be paying $1,127.34 each month and the finance charge for the first year would be $3,266.97

    And finally, if the debt is $70,000 and you are paying $1,083.33 per month, the interest rate is 4.978% and the first year’s interest is $3,254.30

    OK?

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