Imbalance

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Chris Carton <ctcarton at gmail.com>:

> I've got a scheduled transaction that uses the pmt() function to debit one
> account and then the ppmt() and ipmt() functions to credit two separate
> accounts.  After half a dozen or so payments it started to create a $0.01
> imbalance on each transaction.  Is this a known bug?  Using ver. 2.2.1.

My first guess would be a rounding issue, where the pmt() and ppmt()/ipmt()
functions wind up rounding "differently" and as a result they differ by
one cent.  I'm afraid I don't have a good solution for you, just an
idea about the problem.

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-derek

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