Note Transactions at Unrealistic Interest Rates On July 1, 2010, Rantoul Inc. made two sales. 1. It

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Note Transactions at Unrealistic Interest Rates On July 1, 2010, Rantoul Inc. made two sales.

1. It sold land having a fair market value of $900,000 in exchange for a 4-year zero-interest-bearing promissory note in the face amount of $1,416,163. The land is carried on Rantoul’s books at a cost of $590,000.

2. It rendered services in exchange for a 3%, 8-year promissory note having a face value of $400,000 (interest payable annually).

Rantoul Inc. recently had to pay 8% interest for money that it borrowed from British National Bank. The customers in these two transactions have credit ratings that require them to borrow money at 12% interest. Record the two journal entries that should be recorded by Rantoul Inc. for the sales transactions above that took place on July 1, 2010.

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Face value is a financial term used to describe the nominal or dollar value of a security, as stated by its issuer. For stocks, the face value is the original cost of the stock, as listed on the certificate. For bonds, it is the amount paid to the...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0470423684

13th Edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, And Terry D. Warfield

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