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On January 1, 2014, Floppy Co. issued 4% bonds with a face value of $400,000 whe

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Question

On January 1, 2014, Floppy Co. issued 4% bonds with a face value of $400,000 when the market interest rate was 6%. The bonds are due in ten years, and interest is payable every Januarey 1 and June 30. Floppy does not elect the fair value option for reporting its financial liabilities. Do not provide any journal explanations. If no entry is necessary, write "no entry." Round all numbers to the nearest dollar.

Required:

a. Prepare the journal entries for the bond issue on January 1, 2014.

b. Prepare the journal entry for the interest payment on June 30, 2016.

c. Prepare any required end of 2016 adjusting entry.

Explanation / Answer

Answer a. Calculation of Issue Price of Bonds PV of $400000 recd in 20 Periods 221480 ($400000 X .5537 (N=20, i=3) PV of Interest $8000 recd for each of 20 Periods 119020 ($8000 X 14.8775 (N=20, i=3) PV (Issue Price) Of Bonds 340500 Journal Entry Date Particulars Dr. Amount Cr. Amount Jan-01 Cash                                                         Dr.             340,500 2014 Discount on Issue of Bonds           Dr.                59,500    To Bonds Payable           400,000 (Issue of 4% Bonds issue at Discount) Answer. b. Journal Entry Date Particulars Dr. Amount Cr. Amount June-30 Interest Exp.                                           Dr.                10,493 2016     To Cash         8,000.00     To Bonds Payable               2,493 (Interest paid on bonds) Answer. C Journal Entry Date Particulars Dr. Amount Cr. Amount Dec-31 Profit & Loss A/c                                   Dr.                  5,061 2016     To Discount on Issue of Bonds               5,061 (Adjusting Entry Passed for amortization of discount on issue of Bonds) Amortization Table Semiannual Interest Period -End Cash Interest Paid Bond Interest expense Discount Amortization Unamortized Discount Carrying Value 01/01/2014                     -                         -                      -              59,500       340,500 06/30/2014              8,000              10,215             2,215            57,285       342,715 12/31/2014              8,000              10,281             2,281            55,004       344,996 06/30/2015              8,000              10,350             2,350            52,654       347,346 12/31/2015              8,000              10,420             2,420            50,233       349,767 06/30/2016              8,000              10,493             2,493            47,740       352,260 12/31/2016              8,000              10,568             2,568            45,172       354,828 06/30/2017              8,000              10,645             2,645            42,528       357,472 12/31/2017              8,000              10,724             2,724            39,803       360,197 06/30/2018              8,000              10,806             2,806            36,998       363,002 12/31/2018              8,000              10,890             2,890            34,108       365,892 06/30/2019              8,000              10,977             2,977            31,131       368,869 12/31/2019              8,000              11,066             3,066            28,065       371,935 06/30/2020              8,000              11,158             3,158            24,907       375,093 12/31/2020              8,000              11,253             3,253            21,654       378,346 06/30/2021              8,000              11,350             3,350            18,303       381,697 12/31/2021              8,000              11,451             3,451            14,853       385,147 06/30/2022              8,000              11,554             3,554            11,298       388,702 12/31/2022              8,000              11,661             3,661              7,637       392,363 06/30/2023              8,000              11,771             3,771              3,866       396,134 12/31/2023              8,000              11,884             3,866                       0       400,000          160,000            219,518           59,500

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