Whitten Company was started when it issued bonds with $300,000 face value on January 1, Year 1.

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Whitten Company was started when it issued bonds with $300,000 face value on January 1, Year 1. The bonds were issued for cash at 103. Whitten uses the straight-line method of amortization. They had a 15-year term to maturity and a 6 percent annual interest rate. Interest was payable annually. Whitten immediately purchased land with the proceeds (cash received) from the bond issue. Whitten leased the land for $36,000 cash per year. On January 1, Year 4, the company sold the land for $310,000 cash. Immediately after the sale, Whitten repurchased its bonds (repaid the bond liability) at 104. Assume that no other accounting events occurred in Year 4.


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a. Record the events associated with this bond for Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4. Total the amounts in each account at the end of each year.
b. Prepare an income statement, statement of changes in equity, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows for each of the Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4 accounting periods. Assume that the companies fiscal year ends on December 31 of each year.

Face Value
Face value is a financial term used to describe the nominal or dollar value of a security, as stated by its issuer. For stocks, the face value is the original cost of the stock, as listed on the certificate. For bonds, it is the amount paid to the...
Maturity
Maturity is the date on which the life of a transaction or financial instrument ends, after which it must either be renewed, or it will cease to exist. The term is commonly used for deposits, foreign exchange spot, and forward transactions, interest...
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Introductory Financial Accounting for Business

ISBN: 978-1260299441

1st edition

Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds

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