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erene
Level 1

Loan fees on Balance Sheet

I paid off a loan for my business at the very beginning of 2019 and I am working on my balance sheet but I’m confused. I was able to show a 0 balance on the loan under long term liabilities. But my issue now is with the loan fees that I have categorized under current assests and other assets. For 2018 I showed negative $874 under current assets paid in 2018. Since I paid it off January 1, 2019, I had no loan fees paid for 2019. In addition, the total loan fees for this loan was $5241 and this shows under other assets. So now that I have paid off the loan, what happens to the $5241 and the $-874 on the balance sheet?

 

Also, when I am doing the taxes, I have Loan Fees under assets. Do I show that it was disposed of? If so, what reasoning do I put? The options are “sold, given away, or abandoned.”

Thank you in advance for any advice.

 

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Rustler
Level 15

Loan fees on Balance Sheet

loan fees are typically rolled up into the loan when you take it out - look at your loan documents is that the case?

If not loan fees are an expense, you pay them.

 

erene
Level 1

Loan fees on Balance Sheet

Yes they were rolled into the loan. So on the balance sheet I had a long term liability of $180K (this was for the purchase of the equipment and the loan fees). And under assets I am showing $176K for my equipment, but for the remainder of the loan fees where do I show it on the balance sheet? I have read that it needs to be under current assets and that is where I categorized it. This allowed for the balance sheet to balance. Is that incorrect? 

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