On January 1, 2017, Global Satellites issued $1.4-million, 10-year bonds. The bonds pay semi-annual interest on July 1 and January 1, and Global has a December 31 year end. A partial bond amortization schedule is presented below:

Instructions
(a) Were the bonds issue data premium or a discount?
(b) What is the face value of the bonds?
(c) What is the contractual rate of interest?
(d) Fill in the missing amounts for items [1] through [5].
(e) What was the market interest rate when the bonds were issued?
(f) Record the issue of the bonds on January 1, 2017.
(g) Record the interest payment on July 1, 2017.
(h) Record the accrual of interest on December 31, 2017.
(i) What amounts would be reported as current and non-current in the liabilities section of Global's December 31, 2017, balance sheet?
TAKING IT FURTHER
Why would Global's board of directors not have set the contractual interest rate at the market interest rate on the date of issue when it authorized the bond issue?

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Interest Payment Interest Expense Amortization t Amortized Cost $1,300,514 1,304,032 1,307,673 1,311,442 $3,518 1,319,379 1,323,557 4 2