diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 This is a collection of useful scripts to help you manage your Actual Budget.
 
+- [Requirements](#requirements)
+- [Configuration](#configuration)
+- [Installation](#installation)
+- Scripts:
+  - [Loan Interest Calculator](#loan-interest-calculator)
+
 ## Requirements
 
 - [Actual Budget](https://actualbudget.org/)
@@ -24,8 +30,40 @@ ACTUAL_FILE_PASSWORD="<file password>"
 
 # optional, if you want to use a different cache directory
 ACTUAL_CACHE_DIR="./cache"
+
+# optional, name of the payee for added interest transactions
+IMPORTER_INTEREST_PAYEE_NAME="Loan Interest"
 ```
 
 ## Installation
 
 Run `npm install` to install any required dependencies.
+
+## Scripts
+
+### Loan Interest Calculator
+
+This script calculates the interest for a loan account and adds the interest
+transactions to Actual Budget.
+
+For each account that you want to automaitcally calculate interest for, you
+need to edit the account notes and add the following tags:
+
+- `interestRate:0.0X` sets the interest rate to X percent (note: be sure to
+    enter the rate as a decimal and not a percentage)
+- `interestDay:XX` sets the day of the month that the interest is calculated
+
+As an example, if your loan is at 4.5% interest and you want to insert an
+interest transaction on the 28th of the month, set the account note to
+`interestRate:0.045 interestDay:28`.
+
+You can optionally change the payee used for the interest transactions by
+setting `IMPORTER_INTEREST_PAYEE_NAME` in the `.env` file.
+
+To run:
+
+```console
+$ node apply-interest.js
+```
+
+It is recommended to run this script once per month.
diff --git a/apply-interest.js b/apply-interest.js
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@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+const api = require('@actual-app/api');
+const { closeBudget, ensurePayee, getAccountBalance, getAccountNote, getLastTransactionDate, openBudget } = require('./utils');
+require("dotenv").config();
+
+(async () => {
+  await openBudget();
+
+  const payeeId = await ensurePayee(process.env.IMPORTER_INTEREST_PAYEE_NAME || 'Loan Interest');
+
+  const accounts = await api.getAccounts();
+  for (const account of accounts) {
+    if (account.closed) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const note = await getAccountNote(account);
+
+    if (note) {
+      if (note.indexOf('interestRate:') > -1 && note.indexOf('interestDay:') > -1) {
+        const interestRate = parseFloat(note.split('interestRate:')[1].split(' ')[0]);
+        const interestDay = parseInt(note.split('interestDay:')[1].split(' ')[0]);
+
+        const interestTransactionDate = new Date();
+        if (interestTransactionDate.getDate() < interestDay) {
+          interestTransactionDate.setMonth(interestTransactionDate.getMonth() - 1);
+        }
+        interestTransactionDate.setDate(interestDay);
+        interestTransactionDate.setHours(5, 0, 0, 0);
+
+        const cutoff = new Date(interestTransactionDate);
+        cutoff.setMonth(cutoff.getMonth() - 1);
+        cutoff.setDate(cutoff.getDate() + 1);
+
+        const lastDate = await getLastTransactionDate(account, cutoff);
+        if (!lastDate) continue;
+        const daysPassed = Math.floor((interestTransactionDate - new Date(lastDate)) / 86400000);
+
+        const balance = await getAccountBalance(account, interestTransactionDate);
+        const compoundedInterest = Math.round(balance * (Math.pow(1 + interestRate / 12, 1) - 1));
+
+        console.log(`== ${account.name} ==`);
+        console.log(` -> Balance:  ${balance}`);
+        console.log(`      as of ${lastDate}`);
+        console.log(` -> # days:   ${daysPassed}`);
+        console.log(` -> Interest: ${compoundedInterest}`)
+
+        if (compoundedInterest) {
+          await api.importTransactions(account.id, [{
+            date: interestTransactionDate,
+            payee: payeeId,
+            amount: compoundedInterest,
+            notes: `Interest for 1 month at ${100*interestRate}%`,
+          }]);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  await closeBudget();
+})();
diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
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+++ b/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+const api = require('@actual-app/api');
+require("dotenv").config();
+
+module.exports = {
+  openBudget: async function () {
+    const url = process.env.ACTUAL_SERVER_URL || '';
+    const password = process.env.ACTUAL_SERVER_PASSWORD || '';
+    const file_password = process.env.ACTUAL_FILE_PASSWORD || '';
+    const sync_id = process.env.ACTUAL_SYNC_ID || '';
+    const cache = process.env.IMPORTER_CACHE_DIR || './cache';
+
+    if (!url || !password || !sync_id) {
+      console.error('Required settings for Actual not provided.');
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    console.log("connect");
+    await api.init({ serverURL: url, password: password, dataDir: cache });
+
+    console.log("open file");
+    if (file_password) {
+      await api.downloadBudget(sync_id, { password: file_password, });
+    } else {  
+      await api.downloadBudget(sync_id);
+    }
+  },
+
+  closeBudget: async function () {
+    console.log("done");
+    await api.shutdown();
+  },
+
+  getAccountBalance: async function (account, cutoffDate=new Date()) {
+    const data = await api.runQuery(
+      api.q('transactions')
+      .filter({
+        'account': account.id,
+        'date': { $lt: cutoffDate },
+      })
+      .calculate({ $sum: '$amount' })
+      .options({ splits: 'grouped' })
+    );
+    return data.data;
+  },
+
+  getLastTransactionDate: async function (account, cutoffDate=new Date()) {
+    const data = await api.runQuery(
+      api.q('transactions')
+        .filter({
+          'account': account.id,
+          'date': { $lt: cutoffDate },
+          'amount': { $gt: 0 },
+        })
+        .select('date')
+        .orderBy({ 'date': 'desc' })
+        .limit(1)
+        .options({ splits: 'grouped' })
+    );
+    if (!data.data.length) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return data.data[0].date;
+  },
+
+  ensurePayee: async function (payeeName) {
+    const payees = await api.getPayees();
+    let payeeId = payees.find(p => p.name === payeeName)?.id;
+    if (!payeeId) {
+      payeeId = await api.createPayee({ name: payeeName });
+    }
+    if (!payeeId) {
+      console.error('Failed to create payee:', payeeName);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  },
+
+  ensureCategory: async function (categoryName) {
+    const categories = await api.getCategories();
+    let categoryId = categories.find(c => c.name === categoryName)?.id;
+    if (!categoryId) {
+      categoryId = await api.createCategory({ name: categoryName });
+    }
+    if (!categoryId) {
+      console.error('Failed to create category:', categoryName);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  },
+
+  getTagValue: function (note, tag, defaultValue=undefined) {
+    tag += ':'
+    const tagIndex = note.indexOf(tag);
+    if (tagIndex === -1) {
+      return defaultValue;
+    }
+    return note.split(tag)[1].split(/[\s]/)[0]
+  },
+
+  getNote: async function (id) {
+    const notes = await api.runQuery(
+      api.q('notes')
+        .filter({ id })
+        .select('*')
+      );
+    if (notes.data.length && notes.data[0].note) {
+      return notes.data[0].note;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  },
+
+  getAccountNote: async function (account) {
+    const notes = await api.runQuery(
+      api.q('notes')
+        .filter({ id: `account-${account.id}` })
+        .select('*')
+      );
+    if (notes.data.length && notes.data[0].note) {
+      return notes.data[0].note;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  },
+
+  sleep: function (ms) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      setTimeout(resolve, ms);
+    });
+  },  
+};