A group of 3 women, one of them is renewed for the third time, the group is received a JOD1,500 loan from Tamweelcom, the share of each member being JOD 500, with a tenor of 15 months and at a declining interest rate/annual of 31.8% which is equivalent to fixed interest rate/annual of 18%.
1. What is the total interest rate paid for the loan?
Total interest rate for group = 337.5 JOD
Total interest rate per group member = 112.5 JOD
Stamps duty on the Contract = 6 JOD
One-time commission for credit granting = 25 JOD
Other services: “Sanad” insurance service upon customer request, subject to the company’s terms and conditions = 6.5 dinars per month
2. What is the monthly payment for the loan (principal, interest and Sales tax on Interest)?
First month payment amount for group: 132.125 JOD
3. How to calculate the effective interest rate (EIR) for the loan
The effective interest rate (EIR) = (1+IRR)12 - 1
The Internal rate of return (IRR) calculated using Microsoft Excel by using the equation of IRR
Value field: enter all the cash flows (plus and minus)
Guess field: (represent the expected income) enter 0
IRR = 0.03802
Which represent the Monthly Effective rate
The effective interest rate (EIR) calculated by substitute the IRR in the following equation:
The effective interest rate (EIR) = (1+IRR)12 - 1
The effective interest rate (EIR) = 56.666 %