What is payment in kind interest?
Likewise, people ask, how does a PIK loan work?
With PIK loans, the borrower does not make any cash payments of principal or interest between the drawdown date and the maturation date. Usually calculated on a compounding schedule, interest accrues and is either added to the principal balance of the loan or “paid” by the issuance of new securities.
Similarly, it is asked, how do you account for PIK interest?
PIK interest accrues during the applicable accrual period and is then "paid in kind" through either the issuance of additional debt instruments or an increase in the principal of the existing debt. PIK interest is accounted for under the original issue discount (OID) rules for inclusion into income.
Tax Implications of a 1099-A Unlike most business loans, though, the interest on a PIK loan isn't actually paid in cash during the loan term. Instead, the borrower supplies the interest in non-cash form. Even so, as long as the loan is used for business purposes, the value of PIK interest should be tax-deductible.