Time Value Of Money Calculations
Future Value - Present Value - Payment - Interest Rate - Amortization Period
Our free online Time Value of Money calculator allows you to learn the concepts and calculate the Present Value, Monthly Payment, Future Value, Interest Rate and Amortization Period in years for a loan, mortgage or lease.
This online calculator works similar to Hewlett Packard or Texas Instruments business calculators such as the HP 10b. See the Quick Start Guide below for pointers.
Simple TVM Calculator
Set four of the five values. Click a button for the value you want to find.
Quick Start Financial Calculator Guide
TVM Finanical Calculator Tips
Works Like A Business Calculator: Set four of the five fields, then click the button for the value you'd like to calculate.
Conventional Payments: Monies going out (-), such as the monthly payment of a loan, should have the opposite sign of monies coming in (+), such as the amount borrowed or Present Value.
Must have one positive (+) and one negative value (-): Among the Present Value, Payment, and Future Value fields, there must be at least one cash outflow (-) and one cash inflow (+).
Level Payments: The periodic monthly payments are all the same for the entire duration.
TVM Financial Calculator Fields
Present Value: The Present Value is the value at the beginning. In a car loan or mortgage, the present value is the amount borrowed at the beginning of the loan. Since the borrower is receiving the monies, the cashflow can be considered positive (+) to the borrower.
Payment: The Payment is the periodic cash inflows or outflows. This calculator is configured for monthly payments, or 12 payments per year. In a car loan or mortgage, the borrower makes monthly payments. These cash outflows can be considered negative (-) to the borrower.
Future Value: The Future Value is the value of the last cashflow at the very end of the time horizon. In a car loan or mortgage, if the loan is to be paid completely off, the future value is zero. In a lease, the future value is the residual value in the lease.
Interest Rate: The Interest Rate field is the percentage Nominal Annual Rate. Since this financial calculator is set to monthly payments, this interest is compounded monthly. For this calculator, the Nominal Annual Rate is divided by 12 to determine the Periodic Rate.
Years: The Years field is the total time horizon from time zero of the first cashflow until the last cashflow which is the future value. The time horizon encompasses all the periodic monthly payments
.