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Chapter 14: Q5BE (page 753)

Devers Corporation issued $400,000 of 6% bonds on May 1, 2017. The bonds were dated January 1, 2017, and mature January 1, 2020, with interest payable July 1 and January 1. The bonds were issued at face value plus accrued interest. Prepare Devers鈥檚 journal entries for (a) the May 1 issuance, (b) the July 1 interest payment, and (c) the December 31 adjusting entry.

Short Answer

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The total for both the debit and credit sides is $432,000.

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01

Meaning of Face Value:

The amount of money the bond's issuer pays per bond to the bondholder at the maturity date is known as face value.It is generally denominated in the denomination of a hundred.

02

Journal Entries

Journal Entries

Date

No.

Accounts and Explanation

Debit

Credit

May 1, 2017

(a)

Cash

$408,000

Bonds Payable

$400,000

Interest Expenses

$8,000

July 1, 2017

(b)

Interest expenses

$12,000

Cash

$12,000

December 31, 2017

(c)

Interest expenses

$12,000

Interest Payable

$12,000

Working:

Interest expenses on May 1, 2017 =($400,000 x 6% x 4/12) = $8,000

Interest expenses paid cash on July 1, 2017 = ($400,000 x 6% x 1/12)= $12,000

Interest payable on December 31, 2017 = ($400,000 x 6% x 1/12) = $12,000

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Question: Under IFRS, bonds issuance costs, including the printing costs and legal fees associated with the issuance, should be:

  1. expensed in the period when the debt is issued.
  2. recorded as a reduction in the carrying value of bonds payable.
  3. accumulated in a deferred charge account and amortized over the life of the bonds.

d.reported as an expense in the period the bonds mature or are redeemed.

E14-3 (L01) (Entries for Bond Transactions) Presented below are two independent situations.

1. On January 1, 2017, Simon Company issued \(200,000 of 9%, 10-year bonds at par. Interest is payable quarterly on April 1, July 1, October 1, andJanuary 1.

2. On June 1, 2017, Garfunkel Company issued \)100,000 of 12%, 10-year bonds dated January 1 at par plus accrued interest. Interest is payable semi-annually on July 1 and January 1.

Instructions

For each of these two independent situations, prepare journal entries to record the following.

(a) The issuance of the bonds.

(b) The payment of interest on July 1.

(c) The accrual of interest on December 31.

On January 1, 2017, JWS Corporation issued \(600,000 of 7% bonds, due in 10 years. The bonds were issued for \)559,224, and pay interest each July 1 and January 1. JWS uses the effective-interest method. Prepare the company鈥檚 journal entries for (a) the January 1 issuance, (b) the July 1 interest payment, and (c) the December 31 adjusting entry. Assume an effective-interest rate of 8%

On June 30, 2009, County Company issued 12% bonds with a par value of \(800,000 due in 20 years. They were issued at 98 and were callable at 104 at any date after June 30, 2017. Because of lower interest rates and a significant change in the company鈥檚 credit rating, it was decided to call the entire issue on June 30, 2018, and to issue new bonds. New 10% bonds were sold in the amount of \)1,000,000 at 102; they mature in 20 years. County Company uses straight-line amortization. Interest payment dates are December 31 and June 30.

Instructions

  1. Prepare journal entries to record the redemption of the old issue and the sale of the new issue on June 30, 2018.
  2. Prepare the entry required on December 31, 2018, to record the payment of the first 6 months鈥� interest and the amortization of premium on the bonds.

On January 1, 2017, Ellen Carter Company makes the two following acquisitions.

  1. Purchases land having a fair value of \(200,000 by issuing a 5-year, zero-interest-bearing promissory note in the face amount of \)337,012.
  2. Purchases equipment by issuing a 6%, 8-year promissory note having a maturity value of $250,000 (interest payable annually).

The company has to pay 11% interest for funds from its bank

Instructions

(Round answers to the nearest cent.)

  1. Record the two journal entries that should be recorded by Ellen Carter Company for the two purchases on January 1, 2017.
  2. Record the interest at the end of the first year on both notes using the effective-interest method.
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