In: Finance
Raj’s credit card has a 16% interest rate, a 31-day bill cycle and charges finance charges using the average daily balance method including new purchases.
Imagine the following things happened during the most recent billing cycle:
a. Raj’s card has an initial balance of $316.
b. On Day 3, Raj buys Pizza for $22
c. On Day 12 Raj buys a new TV for $1,200.
d. On Day 25 Raj makes a payment to the credit card company for $900
When Raj gets his bill for this billing cycle, how much in total will he owe?
| Date | Opening balance | Debits | Credits | Closing balance | |
| 1-Jan | 316.00 | - | - | 316.00 | |
| 2-Jan | 316.00 | - | - | 316.00 | |
| 3-Jan | 316.00 | 22.00 | - | 338.00 | |
| 4-Jan | 338.00 | - | - | 338.00 | |
| 5-Jan | 338.00 | - | - | 338.00 | |
| 6-Jan | 338.00 | - | - | 338.00 | |
| 7-Jan | 338.00 | - | - | 338.00 | |
| 8-Jan | 338.00 | - | - | 338.00 | |
| 9-Jan | 338.00 | - | - | 338.00 | |
| 10-Jan | 338.00 | - | - | 338.00 | |
| 11-Jan | 338.00 | - | - | 338.00 | |
| 12-Jan | 338.00 | 1,200.00 | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 13-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 14-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 15-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 16-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 17-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 18-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 19-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 20-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 21-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 22-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 23-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 24-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | - | 1,538.00 | |
| 25-Jan | 1,538.00 | - | 900.00 | 638.00 | |
| 26-Jan | 638.00 | - | - | 638.00 | |
| 27-Jan | 638.00 | - | - | 638.00 | |
| 28-Jan | 638.00 | - | - | 638.00 | |
| 29-Jan | 638.00 | - | - | 638.00 | |
| 30-Jan | 638.00 | - | - | 638.00 | |
| 31-Jan | 638.00 | - | - | 638.00 | |
| Total | 1,222.00 | 900.00 | 28,134.00 | [A] | |
| Number of days | 31 | [B] | |||
| Average balance | 907.55 | [A/B] | |||
| Interest rate | 16.00% | ||||
| Interest to be paid | 11.93 | [ 907.55 × 0.16 × 31/365 ] | |||
| End of period balance | 649.93 | [ 638 + 11.93] |
Balance is 649.93