Municipal Bank has $300,000 of 6% debenture bonds outstanding. The bonds were issued at 101 in 2012 and mature in 2032.

Requirements

1. How much cash did Municipal Bank receive when it issued these bonds?

2. How much cash in total will Municipal Bank pay the bondholders through the maturity date of the bonds?

3. Take the difference between your answers to Requirements 1 and 2. This difference represents Municipal Bank’s total interest expense over the life of the bonds.

4. Compute Municipal Bank’s annual interest expense by the straight-line amortization method.

Multiply this amount by 20. Your 20-year total should be the same as your answer to Requirement 3.