On July 1, 2009, the Nicholsen Corporation issued $300,000 of bonds, with a 13% face rate of

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On July 1, 2009, the Nicholsen Corporation issued $300,000 of bonds, with a 13% face rate of interest, for $318,000. The bonds pay interest semiannually on each January 1 and July 1 and are to be repaid in three equal semiannual installments beginning July 1, 2011. Assume the company’s fiscal year ends May 31 and it makes reversing entries for year-end accruals.


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Prepare the journal entries to account for this serial bond issue on each of the following dates, using the bonds outstanding method of amortization:

1. July 1, 2009

2. January 1, 2010

3. July 1, 2010

4. January 1, 2011

5. July 1, 2011

6. January 1, 2012

7. July 1, 2012


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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324659139

11th edition

Authors: Loren A. Nikolai, John D. Bazley, Jefferson P. Jones

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