Prepare the journal entries needed in an Enterprise Fund to record the following transactions. Include any adjusting

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Prepare the journal entries needed in an Enterprise Fund to record the following transactions. Include any adjusting entries required.
1. Issued refunding bonds at par, $8,000,000. The bonds bear interest at 8% payable annually and mature in 5 years. (Ignore bond issue costs.)
2. Paid the $8,000,000 into an irrevocable trust to defease in substance the previously outstanding bonds payable of the Enterprise Fund. These old bonds have a par value of $7,200,000 and an unamortized discount of $100,000. The old bonds are scheduled to mature in six years.
3. The annual interest payment on the new bonds was made at year end when due.

Par Value
Par value is the face value of a bond. Par value is important for a bond or fixed-income instrument because it determines its maturity value as well as the dollar value of coupon payments. The market price of a bond may be above or below par,...
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Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

ISBN: 978-0132751261

10th edition

Authors: Robert Freeman, Craig Shoulders, Gregory Allison, Robert Smi

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