During the last year you have had a loan commitment from your bank to fund working capital for your business. The total line available was $2,500,000, of which you took down $1,000,000. 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 $1,000,000) of $15,000 on this loan commitment. You remember that the back-end fee was 30 basis points. Calculate the front-end fee on this loan commitment.
A) 30 basis points
B) 42 basis points
C) 60 basis points
D) 70 basis points

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The back-end fee is 30 basis points of the $1,000,000 taken down, which equals $3,000 (0.003 * $1,000,000). Since the total fees paid were $15,000, the front-end fee must account for the remaining $12,000 ($15,000 - $3,000). To find the front-end fee as a percentage of the total line available ($2,500,000), divide $12,000 by $2,500,000, which equals 0.0048 or 48 basis points. However, since 48 basis points is not an option and there might have been a calculation misunderstanding, the closest correct option provided is 42 basis points.

During the Last Year You Have Had a Loan Commitment