Debt Elimination
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Creditor Payment
Amount		 Balance Interest
Rate		 Minimum
Payment
Percent		 Minimum
Principal
Percent		 Minimum
Interest
Amount		 Minimum
Payment
Amount
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Balance Total
An empty line will be added automatically as you fill in the last loan.
Required Monthly Payment
Additional Monthly Amount
Total Monthly Payment
Start Mo/Yr
Elimination Priority
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Elimination
Strategy		 Minimum
Payments		 Savings
Payoff Date
Payoff Time
Number of Payments
Total Principal
Total Interest
Total Paid
Highest
Interest		 Lowest
Balance		 Lowest
Payment
Payoff Date
Payoff Time
Number of Payments
Total Principal
Total Interest
Total Paid
All calculators are made available as self-help tools for your independent use with results based on information provided by the user. All examples are hypothetical and are for illustrative purposes only. Calculated results are believed to be accurate but results are not guaranteed. Debt calculators are intended only to provide comparisons that may assist you with making decisions regarding how to handle your debt. All debt obligations need to paid each month by their individual due dates. Check all statements from creditors carefully to make sure you pay at least the minimum stated on each. If you have serious debt problems, please seek the advice of a qualified professional who is fully aware of your individual circumstances.
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The name of the loan's lender or credit card issuer.
Your required monthly payment for this loan. Leave it blank for credit cards unless you want to pay this amount each month regardless of what the minimum payment would be for this card.
Your current outstanding balance on this loan or credit card.
The current annual interest rate you are paying on this loan or credit card. For credit cards, you may actually have different interest rates for different balance amounts. This could happen if part of your balance came from a cash advance (many credit cards charge a higher interest rate and no grace period for cash advances), or if you made some purchases during a lower percentage promotion period, or maybe you transferred the balance from another credit card for a special low interest rate promotion.
For credit cards only - The minimum percentage (usually 2%-3%) of your outstanding balance the credit card issuer expects you pay each month. They usually calculate this for you and it shows up as the 'Amount Due' on your statement each month.
For credit cards only - The minimum percentage (usually 1%) of principal federal guidelines require you to pay each month. Your actual payment will be either just the 'Minimum Payment Percent' or the 'Minimum Principal Percent' plus interest and fees, whichever is greater. Enter 0 if your credit card is issued by a credit union or other issuer that is exempt from the 2006 federal guidelines.
For credit cards only - If your credit card has a balance and you're paying interest, there is probably a minimum amount of interest (usually $0.50 or $1.00) that will be charged for the month.
For credit cards only - The minimum amount (maybe $5.00) the credit card issuer expects you to pay each month, regardless of what the 'Minimum Percent Payment' calculates as. In other words, if the 'Minimum Percent Payment' (3%) calculation says you're obligated to pay $3.75 this month, your 'Amount Due' will actually be this amount ($5.00).
Add down the 'Balance' column.
The amount you are required to pay each month based on the loans you have entered. In the case of credit cards, where the monthly payment changes and no 'Payment Amount' has been entered for the loan, the first month's payment has been used and the strategy assumes you can continue to pay that amount each month.
The additional amount you will pay each month (over the 'Required Monthly Payment' amount) to eliminate your debt faster.
'Required Monthly Payment' + 'Additional Monthly Amount'. The elimination strategy assumes you will continue to pay this amount even when some loans are paid. The money from a paid loan will be used to pay the next loan even faster.
The month and year you plan to start using this debt elimination strategy. The amortization schedule (when grouped by month) will use this date to show you when and how much to pay on each loan.
Determines the order your loans will be scheduled for payoff. 'Highest Interest' almost always pays the least.
Select this priority to have the loan with the highest interest rate paid first. This is almost always the best option, paying the least interest.
Select this priority to have the loan with the lowest balance paid first.
Select this priority to have the loan with the lowest monthly payment paid first.
The month and year all entered loans will be paid off.
The number of years and months it will take to pay off all the entered loans. This is the 'Number of Payments' expressed in years and months.
You will make this many payments to pay off the entered loans above.
Total amount of principal (same as 'Balance Total') of the entered loans.
Total amount of interest you will have paid when the entered loans are paid.
Total amount of principal + interest you will have paid when the entered loans are paid.
When checked, a section will appear below the calculator showing the complete amortization table.