Santana Industries purchased a supply of electronic components from ABC Corporation on October 1, 2020. In payment for the $5 million purchase, Santana issued a 1-year installment note to be paid in equal monthly payments at the end of each month. The payments include interest at the rate of 12%. What is the amount of interest expense that Santana will report in its income statement for the year ended December 31, 2020?

firstly we calculate how much interest will be accumulated for the whole year so we are given a $5 million Dollar purchase which is the amount that will accumulate interest over time, then we have been told the company ha issued a 1 year installment note therefore we have a time frame.

so now we will calculate the yearly interest of $5 million :

$5 000000x12% = $600000 so the company will accumulate this interest yearly then we divide this amount by 12 to get the monthly interest.

$600000/12 = $ 50000 per month interest thereafter we will multiply the monthly interest of $50000 by 3 months which is months from October to December.

therefore the interest expense to be reported on the December 2020 income statement is $50000 x 3= $150000