<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>ACCRINTM Function</title> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="description" content="" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../editor.css" /> </head> <body> <div class="mainpart"> <h1>ACCRINTM Function</h1> <p>The <b>ACCRINTM</b> function is one of the financial functions. It is used to calculate the accrued interest for a security that pays interest at maturity.</p> <p>The <b>ACCRINTM</b> function syntax is:</p> <p style="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>ACCRINTM(issue, settlement, rate, [[par] [, [basis]]])</em></b></p> <p><em>where</em></p> <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>issue</em></b> is the issue date of the security.</p> <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>settlement</em></b> is the maturity date of the security.</p> <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>rate</em></b> is the annual interest rate of the security.</p> <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>par</em></b> is the par value of the security. It is an optional argument. If it is omitted, the function will assume <b><em>par</em></b> to be $1000.</p> <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>basis</em></b> is the day count basis to use, a numeric value greater than or equal to 0, but less than or equal to 4. It is an optional argument. It can be one of the following:</p> <table style="width: 40%"> <tr> <td><b>Numeric value</b></td> <td><b>Count basis</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td>0</td> <td>US (NASD) 30/360</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Actual/actual</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Actual/360</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Actual/365</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>European 30/360</td> </tr> </table> <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> dates must be entered by using the DATE function.</p> <p>The values can be entered manually or included into the cell you make reference to.</p> <p>To apply the <b>ACCRINTM</b> function,</p> <ol> <li>select the cell where you wish to display the result,</li> <li>click the <b>Insert Function</b> <img alt="Insert Function icon" src="../images/insertfunction.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar, <br />or right-click within a selected cell and select the <b>Insert Function</b> option from the menu, <br />or click the <img alt="Function icon" src="../images/function.png" /> icon situated at the formula bar, </li> <li>select the <b>Financial</b> function group from the list,</li> <li>click the <b>ACCRINTM</b> function,</li> <li>enter the required arguments separating them by commas,</li> <li>press the <b>Enter</b> button.</li> </ol> <p>The result will be displayed in the selected cell.</p> <p style="text-indent: 150px;"><img alt="ACCRINTM Function" src="../images/accrintm.png" /></p> </div> </body> </html>