Prepare the necessary journal entries to record the following transaction for the city of Small ville during
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a. General obligation term bonds with a face value of $2,700,000 were sold for $2,705,000. The proceeds from the bond issue were to be used to construct a new library and were received by the capital projects fund.
b. $200,000 was transferred from the general fund to the debt service fund to begin saving for the retirement of the bonds in transaction (a) at maturity.
c. $135,000 was transferred from the general fund to the debt service fund to retire a portion of a serial bond due in 2019.
d. A police car was purchased for $22,000 plus the trade-in of an old police car with a fair value of $3,000, originally purchased for $15,000 from the general fund.
e. The serial bonds funded in transaction (c) were retired on their maturity date.
f. By year-end, $450,000 of the work had been completed on the new library.
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ISBN: 978-0538480284
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Authors: Paul M. Fischer, William J. Tayler, Rita H. Cheng
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