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Bond Discount, Entries for Bonds Payable Transactions On July 1, 2014, Brower In

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Bond Discount, Entries for Bonds Payable Transactions

On July 1, 2014, Brower Industries Inc. issued $2,300,000 of 4-year, 10% bonds at a market (effective) interest rate of 12%, receiving cash of $2,157,175. Interest on the bonds is payable semiannually on December 31 and June 30. The fiscal year of the company is the calendar year.

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1. Journalize the entry to record the amount of cash proceeds from the issuance of the bonds on July 1, 2014. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

   

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Bonds Payable is always recorded at face value. Any difference in issue price is reflected in a premium or discount account.

The straight-line method of amortization provides equal amounts of amortization over the life of the bond.

Learning Objective 2, Learning Objective 3.

2. Journalize the entries to record the following: For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

a. The first semiannual interest payment on December 31, 2014, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the straight-line method. (Round to the nearest dollar.)

   

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Bonds Payable is always recorded at face value. Any difference in issue price is reflected in a premium or discount account.

The straight-line method of amortization provides equal amounts of amortization over the life of the bond.

Learning Objective 2, Learning Objective 3.

b. The interest payment on June 30, 2015, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the straight-line method. (Round to the nearest dollar.)

   

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Bonds Payable is always recorded at face value. Any difference in issue price is reflected in a premium or discount account.

The straight-line method of amortization provides equal amounts of amortization over the life of the bond.

Learning Objective 2, Learning Objective 3.

3. Determine the total interest expense for 2014. Round to the nearest dollar.
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4. Will the bond proceeds always be less than the face amount of the bonds when the contract rate is less than the market rate of interest?
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5. Compute the price of $2,157,175 received for the bonds by using Table 1 and Table 2. (Round to the nearest dollar.) Your total may vary slightly from the price given due to rounding differences.

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Bonds Payable is always recorded at face value. Any difference in issue price is reflected in a premium or discount account.

The straight-line method of amortization provides equal amounts of amortization over the life of the bond.

Learning Objective 2, Learning Objective 3.

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1. Journalize the entry to record the amount of cash proceeds from the issuance of the bonds on July 1, 2014. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

   

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Answer:1 Journalize the entry to record the amount of cash proceeds from the issuance of the bonds on July 1, 2014.

Debit Cash $2,157,175
Debit Bond Discount $142825
Credit Bonds Payable $2,300,000

Answer:2 a. The first semiannual interest payment on December 31, 2014, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the straight-line method.

Debit Interest Expense $132853.125
Credit Cash $115000
Credit Bond Discount $17853.125 ($142825 /8)

b. The interest payment on June 30, 2015, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the straight-line method.

Debit Interest Expense $132853.125
Credit Cash $115000
Credit Bond Discount $17853.125 ($142825 /8)

Answer:3 Calculation of the total interest expense for 2014. Round to the nearest dollar.

Since the bond was issued on July 1, 2014 and the fiscal yr is the calendar yr, in 2014 there would be only 1 interest payment, on Dec 31, 2014.so that interest was 132853.125

Answer:4 Yes. When the bonds were issued, competing bonds of similar term and risk were yielding greater than the contract rate of this bond issue. The only way to equalise this is to less the price of the bond.

Answer:5

Present value of the face amount 1443048.454 2300000*PVIF(6%,8) 2300000*0.6274 Present value of the semi-annual interest payments $714126.288235 115000*PVIFA(6%,8) 115000*6.2097938 Price received for the bonds $2,157,175