During the last year you have had a loan commitment from your bank to fund inventory purchases for your small business. The total line available was $500,000, of which you took down $300,000. It is now the end of the loan commitment period and your bank is asking you to pay the back-end fees. You have misplaced the paperwork that listed the terms of the commitment, but you know you paid total fees (this does not include any interest paid to borrow the $300,000) of $5,000 on this loan commitment. You remember that the up-front fee was 75 basis points. What is the back-end fee on this loan commitment?
A) 6 basis points
B) 62.5 basis points
C) 75 basis points
D) 2.5 basis points

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The up-front fee was 75 basis points on the total line available of $500,000, which equals $3,750 (500,000 * 0.0075). Since the total fees paid were $5,000, the back-end fees amount to $1,250 ($5,000 - $3,750). To find the back-end fee rate, divide the back-end fee amount by the total line available: $1,250 / $500,000 = 0.0025 or 25 basis points. However, since the correct answer reflecting this calculation is not provided, it appears there was a mistake in my calculation or interpretation. The correct approach should involve accurately calculating the back-end fee based on the given information and selecting the choice that matches this calculation. Given the error in the initial explanation, the correct calculation should involve understanding that the total fees include both the up-front and back-end fees, and the up-front fee calculation is correct, but the interpretation of the back-end fee rate in relation to the options provided needs to align with the total fees paid and the structure of the loan commitment.

During the Last Year You Have Had a Loan Commitment