A newly issued 10-year maturity, 4% coupon bond making annual coupon payments is sold to the public

Question:

A newly issued 10-year maturity, 4% bond making annual payments is sold to the public at a price of $800. What will be an investor’s taxable income from the bond over the coming year? The bond will not be sold at the end of the year. The bond is treated as an original issue discount bond.

Coupon
A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...