In this article, we made the amortization loan schedule table and understood how the different functions work. To find the balance after the first payment in cell E8, you will need to add up/combine the loan amount (C5) and the principal of the first period (D8).īecause a loan amount is a positive number and the principal is a negative number, the principal is subtracted from the loan amount.įor the second and all periods succeeding this, you can add up the previous balance and the first period's principal to get the required result.
There are two different formulas to calculate the remaining balance.