The Town of Moosawaw issued $1 million of five-year, 5% bonds dated January 1, 2014. Interest is
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The Town of Moosawaw issued $1 million of five-year, 5% bonds dated January 1, 2014. Interest is payable semi-annually on July 1 and January 1.
(a) Record the sale of these bonds on January 1, 2014, and the first interest payment on July 1, 2014, assuming that the bonds were issued at 98 and that the semi-annual amortization amount for the first interest period is $1,766.
(b) Record the sale of these bonds on January 1, 2014, and the first interest payment on July 1, 2014, assuming that the bonds were issued at 100.
(c) Record the sale of these bonds on January 1, 2014, and the first interest payment on July 1, 2014, assuming that the bonds were issued at 102 and that the semi-annual amortization amount for the first interest period is $1,804.
(d) What will be the amortized cost at maturity, January 1, 2019, under each of the three different issue prices?
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Accounting Principles Part 3
ISBN: 978-1118306802
6th Canadian edition Volume 1
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel, Barbara Trenholm, Valerie Kinnear, Joan E. Barlow