Perjury is considered a serious offense as it can be used to usurp the power of the courts, resulting in miscarriages of justice. In the United States, for example, the general perjury statute under Federal law classifies perjury as a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to five years.
Effective interest rate for t periods, i t = (1 + i) t - 1 or as one equation i t = (1 + (r / m)) mt - 1. The rate per compounding period P = R / m, in percent.
Using the function PMT(rate,NPER,PV) =PMT(17%/12,2*12,5400) the result is a monthly payment of $266.99 to pay the debt off in two years. The rate argument is the interest rate per period for the loan. For example, in this formula the 17% annual interest rate is divided by 12, the number of months in a year.