Journal Entry for Loan Given (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 17 Apr, 2026

The Businesses can also provide loans to any person or entity or any one else.

**A. Loan is given to a person:

**Journal Entry:

**Example: A loan of ₹5,000 has been provided to Dharmesh.

**Solution:

**B. Interest charged and then received on loan given:

There can be a situation where the interest is charged first and then received. There will be two Journal Entries in this case.

**i. Journal Entry: (On charging of interest)

**Example: Interest of ₹250 is charged to Dharmesh on a loan provided to him.

**Solution:

**ii. Journal Entry: (On receiving of interest)

**Example: Interest due ₹250 is received on loan provided to Dharmesh.

**Solution:

Or

**C. Interest received on loan given:

In this case, only a single entry is passed because interest is directly received.

**Journal Entry:

**Example: Interest of ₹250 is charged to Dharmesh on a loan provided to him.

**Solution: