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Venezuela Co. is building a new hockey arena at a cost of $2,752,000. It receive

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Question

Venezuela Co. is building a new hockey arena at a cost of $2,752,000. It received a downpayment of $501,400 from local businesses to support the project, and now needs to borrow $2,250,600 to complete the project. It therefore decides to issue $2,250,600 of 11%, 10 year bonds. These bonds were issued on January 1, 2013, and pay interest annually on each January 1. The bonds yield 10%. Venezuela paid $58,400 in bond issue costs related to the bond sale.

(a) Prepare the journal entry to record the issuance of the bonds and the related bond issue costs incurred on January 1, 2013.

(b) Prepare a bond amortization schedule up to and including January 1, 2017, using the effective interest method.

(c) Assume that on July 1, 2016, Venezuela Co. redeems half of the bonds at a cost of $1,183,360 plus accrued interest. Prepare the journal entry to record this redemption.

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Venezuela Co. is building a new hockey arena at a cost of $2,752,000. It receive