
Entries for Issuing Bonds and Amortizing Discount by Straight-Line Method
On the first day of its fiscal year, Chin Company issued $24,900,000 of five-year, 9% bonds to finance its operations of producing and selling home improvement products. Interest is payable semiannually. The bonds were issued at a market (effective) interest rate of 10%, resulting in Chin Company receiving cash of $23,938,557.
a. Journalize the entries to record the following:
For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.
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b. Determine the amount of the bond interest
expense for the first year.
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c. Why was the company able to issue the bonds
for only $23,938,557 rather than for the face amount of
$24,900,000?
The market rate of interest is the contract rate
of interest.
| A) | Journal Entries | ||||||||
| Date | Account titles & Explanations | Debit | Credit | ||||||
| 1-Jan | Cash | 23,938,557 | |||||||
| Discount on bonds payable | 961,443 | ||||||||
| Bonds payable | 24,900,000 | ||||||||
| 30-Jun | interest expense | 1216644 | |||||||
| discount on bonds payable | (961443/10) | 96144 | |||||||
| Cash | (24,900,000*9%*1/2) | 1120500 | |||||||
| 31-Dec | interest expense | 1216644 | |||||||
| discount on bonds payable | 96144 | ||||||||
| Cash | 1120500 | ||||||||
| b) | Amount of interest expense for the year | 2433289 | |||||||
| c) | the market rate of interest is higher than the contract rate of 9% | ||||||||
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