When Current Balance Equals Payoff Balance
For most service agreements, payoff balance and current balance are always the same (or in colloquial speech - the amount the customer thinks they owe equals what they really owe). Let's run through a typical example. The values in the payoff balance and current balance columns reflect the amount due after the financial transaction has been applied (i.e., the running balance):
| 
 Date  | 
 Financial Transaction  | 
 Payoff Balance  | 
 Current Balance  | 
| 
 1-Jan-99  | 
 Bill: $125  | 
 125  | 
 125  | 
| 
 15-Jan-99  | 
 Payment: $150  | 
 -25  | 
 -25  | 
| 
 2-Feb-99  | 
 Bill: $175  | 
 150  | 
 150  | 
| 
 14-Feb-99  | 
 Payment: $150  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
| 
 3-Mar-99  | 
 Bill: $200  | 
 200  | 
 200  | 
| 
 15-Mar-99  | 
 Payment: $150  | 
 50  | 
 50  | 
| 
 2-Apr-99  | 
 Bill: $225  | 
 275  | 
 275  | 
As you can see, payoff balance and current balance are always in sync.
