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J-BOND CO issued 700,000 of 8 year bonds at a stated rate of 4% when the market

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Question

J-BOND CO issued 700,000 of 8 year bonds at a stated rate of 4% when the market rate of interest was 5%. The bonds were issued on July 1 and paid interest semi-annually.  

The issue price of the bonds is

The bonds were issued at (premium, discount, par)

The entry to record interest expense for period 7 is

( you may use clear abbreviations for the account names)

If the company were to repurchase the bonds at 97 at the end of the 10th period, the journal entry would be

The entry to retire the bonds at maturity is

The issue price of the bonds is

The bonds were issued at (premium, discount, par)

The entry to record interest expense for period 7 is

( you may use clear abbreviations for the account names)

If the company were to repurchase the bonds at 97 at the end of the 10th period, the journal entry would be

The entry to retire the bonds at maturity is

Explanation / Answer

(a) Issue of bond price = pv of coupon + pv of Principal

= 14000*13.055 + 700000*6736

= 182770 + 471537 = 654307

(b) Bond was issued on Discount because market yield is more than coupon rate.

(c) Interest Exp A/c dr 16734

to Cash 14000

to Disc on Bond 2734

(Refer Table)

(d) Bond Payable A/c dr 700000

to Disc on Bond 19280

to Cash 679000 (700000*0.97)

to Profit on repurchase of Bond 1720

(e) Bond PAyable A/c dr 700000

to Cash 700000

Table

Date Cash Payment Interest Exp Carrying Value 01-Jan 654307 01-Jul 14000 16357.675 656664.675 31-Dec 14000 16416.61688 659081.2919 01-Jul 14000 16477.0323 661558.3242 31-Dec 14000 16538.9581 664097.2823 01-Jul 14000 16602.43206 666699.7143 31-Dec 14000 16667.49286 669367.2072 01-Jul 14000 16734.18018 672101.3874 31-Dec 14000 16802.53468 674903.9221 01-Jul 14000 16872.59805 677776.5201 31-Dec 14000 16944.413 680720.9331 01-Jul 14000 17018.02333 683738.9564 31-Dec 14000 17093.47391 686832.4303 01-Jul 14000 17170.81076 690003.2411 31-Dec 14000 17250.08103 693253.3221 01-Jul 14000 17331.33305 696584.6552 31-Dec 14000 17414.61638 699999.2716