Question

Grouper Company issued $492,000 of 10%, 20-year bonds on January 1, 2020, at 102. Interest is payable semiannually on July 1 and January 1. Grouper Company uses the effective-interest method of amortization for bond premium or discount. Assume an effective yield of 9.7705%.

Prepare the journal entries to record the following. (Round intermediate calculations to 6 decimal places, e.g. 1.251247 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 38,548. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

(a)		The issuance of the bonds.
(b)		The payment of interest and related amortization on July 1, 2020.
(c)		The accrual of interest and the related amortization on December 31, 2020.

Date	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
1/1/20	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
7/1/20	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
12/31/20	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount
	enter an account title	enter a debit amount	enter a credit amount

Answer 1

Date	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
1/1/20	Cash (492000*1.02)	501840
	Bonds payable		492000
	Premium on bonds payable		9840
7/1/20	Interest expense	24516
	premium on bonds payable	84
	Cash (492000*5%)		24600
12/31/20	Interest expense	24512
	Premium on bonds payable	88
	Interest payable		24600