Manual Interest Adjustment
Overview
Aside from the ability to alter the principal amount using Principal Adjustment, Q2 Loan Servicing can also allow you to alter the interest amounts using the Manual Interest Adjustment. An interest amount correction can be made using the manual interest adjustment.
How do you manually adjust the interest?
Prerequisites
For the system to be able to allow you to adjust the interest manually, ensure that you enable the following flags while creating the Lending Product as highlighted in the following image:
- Create Summaries
- Enable Adjustment Entry
Steps
Log in to your Salesforce account.
Click CL Contracts.
Select the required CL Contract ID.
Go to Loan Quick Menu > Loan Actions > Manual Interest Adjustment.
Provide the values as described in the following table:
Note: You can refer to the image following this table as an example.Field Name Action Transaction Date Enter the date on which you want to manually adjust the interest. This date cannot go before LAD. It can be any date after the LAD date.
Note:Currently, the system only considers the current system date as the Transaction Date even if you enter another date. In future, this field may be used for backdated purposes.Adjusted Interest Capitalized Enter the portion of interest that needs to be adjusted till the capitalized date (IPT date).
Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized Enter the portion of interest that needs to be adjusted from the capitalization date (or IPT) till the LAD.
In other words, it is the non-capitalized interest adjustment as of LAD.
Click Save.
Key Concepts
For a capitalized loan, the system displays both the fields, Adjusted Interest Capitalized and Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized. But, for a non-capitalized loan or for a non-IPT loan, the system displays only Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized.
A capitalized loan will always be IPT-enabled loan. But a non-capitalized loan can be an IPT-enabled loan or a non IPT loan.
For a non-capitalized loan, you must enter only one interest adjustment amount, which is Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized.
For a capitalized loan, two values need to be entered:
Adjusted Interest Capitalized: This is a portion of the interest that needs to be adjusted till the capitalized date or the IPT date.
Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized: This is a portion of the interest that needs to be adjusted from the capitalization date (or IPT date) till the LAD.
Transaction Date is captured as per the current system date. But you can change the date till LAD and not before that. However, currently, the system only considers the current system date even if you enter another date.
When an interest adjustment transaction occurs in the system, an OLT gets created of the type Adjusted Interest, and you cannot reverse this OLT.
For a non-IPT loan, the provided interest adjustment value is adjusted in Interest Remaining only.
Validation Messages
The system displays the validation messages when it counters the corresponding conditions as explained in the following table:
If... | Then the system displays the following Error Message... |
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If a non-capitalized loan has either one of the following field values:
| Value of adjusted interest cannot be 0 or null for non-capitalized loans. |
If a capitalized loan has either null or 0 values for both Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized and Adjusted Interest Capitalized fields | Value of both adjusted interest cap and non-cap cannot be 0 or null for capitalized loans. |
If the value of Transaction Date on which the interest is to be adjusted is greater than the current system date | Transaction Date cannot be greater than System Date |
If the value of Transaction Date on which the interest is to be adjusted is less than the Last Accrual Date | Transaction Date cannot be less than Last Accrual Date |
Example 1: Manual interest adjustment in an IPT-enabled loan
Let us say there is a loan with the following terms and conditions:
- Create Summaries = true
- Enable Adjustment Entry = true
Loan Amount = $10,000
Interest Rate = 15%
Time Counting Method = Month And Days
Is Interest Posting = true
Is Capitalization Enabled = true
Interest Posting Frequency = Billing Frequency
Payment Application Mode = Future Dues
Let us say that following is the state of the loan initially:
Current System Date | Loan Balance | Days | Rate | Interest | LPT Amount | Transactions | New Loan Balance |
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February 1 | $10,000 | 0 | 15 | 0 | $100 | LPT | 10,000 - 100 = $9,900. |
March 1 | $9,900 | 30 | 15 | 9,900 * 15/100 * 30/360 = $123.75. | None | IPT | |
March 20 | 9,900 + 123.75 = $10,023.75 | 19 | 15 | 10,023.75 * 15/100 * 19/360 = $79.35469 | $100 | LPT | 10,023.75 - 100 = 9,923.75. |
Now let us say, on March 20, the LPT of February 1 is reversed. Then the state of the loan would be as follows:
Date | Loan Balance | Days | Rate | Interest | Transactions | LPT Amount | New Loan Balance |
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February 1 | $10,000 | 0 | 15 | 0 | LPT Reversal | 0 | $10,000 |
March 1 | $10,000 | 30 | 15 | 10,000 * 15/100 * 30/360 = $125 | IPT | None | |
March 20 | 10,000 + 125 = $10,125 | 19 | 15 | 10,000 * 15/100 * 19/360 = $80.15625 | LPT | $100 | 10,125 - 100 = $10,025. |
Here,
Field | Value |
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LAD Date | March 20 |
Capitalization Date | March 1 |
System Date | March 20 |
Then the values of the following fields are:
Field | Value | Days |
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Adjusted Interest Capitalized | 125 - 123.75 = 1.25 | Till March 1 |
Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized | 80.15625 - 79.35469 = 0.8015625 | March 1 to March 20 |
For the capitalized loan, there are the following two input fields that you must use:
Adjusted Interest Capitalized : To enter the capitalized interest portion till the capitalized date/IPT date.
Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized: To enter the adjusted interest portion from capitalization date/IPT date to LAD.
Now let us say you enter the value for Capitalized Adjusted Interest as 5 and for Non-Capitalized Adjusted Interest as 2.5. Then the new values updated on the loan would be as follows:
Adjusted Interest Capitalized = 1.25 + 5 = 6.25. This would be adjusted in the next IPT. (If it was a backdated payment, this amount would be reduced from the next IPT, but, for reversal, it would be added.)
Adjusted Interest Non-Capitalized = 0.8016 + 2.5 = 3.3. This would be adjusted in the next IPT.
Example 2: Manual interest adjustment in a non-IPT enabled loan
Let us say there is a loan with the following terms and conditions:
- Create Summaries = true
- Enable Adjustment Entry = true
Loan Amount = $10,000
Interest Rate = 10%
Time Counting Method = Month And Days
Is Interest Posting = false
Is Capitalization Enabled = false
Interest Posting Frequency = Billing Frequency
Payment Application Mode = Future Dues
Contract Date = March 1, 2013
OLT = Other Loan Transactions
LTS = Loan Transaction Statement/Summaries
Scenarios
Let us consider the following state of the loan before a manual adjustment:
Date | Action | Bill | Different Parameters | Results | |
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March 1, 2013 |
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April 1, 2013 | Bill-1 of Due Amount = $ 1,046.40. |
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April 10, 2013 |
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April 10, 2013 |
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April 20, 2013 | Check Contract Details. |
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April 20, 2013 |
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LTS before manual interest adjustment
Manual interest adjustment
OLT
LTS after manual interest adjustment
Contract Details
Contract Details after payment of $500
LTS after payment of $500
Why not adjust the Interest Remaining directly?
The question that arises then is if interest is going to be adjusted in the Interest Remaining for non-IPT loans, then why not make adjustments to the Interest Remaining? You cannot adjust the interest directly to Interest Remaining, as the value of Interest Remaining cannot become negative. If we want to decrease the interest on a loan, then entering a negative amount in Interest Remaining is currently not in scope of the product. Also, if the Interest Remaining field is used to adjust the interest, then that would mean that the LAD would have to be updated, which would cause a cascade of issues for reversals and backdated transactions.