12.On April 1, 2011, Jenkins Corporation issued $500,000 of 10 percent, 5-year bonds at a yield of...
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12.On April 1, 2011, Jenkins Corporation issued $500,000 of 10 percent, 5-year bonds at a yield of 12 percent compounded semiannually. Interest is payable on April 1 and October 1 of each year. The corporation is a calendar-year corporation. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized on interest-paying dates and at year-end. On October 1, 2012, Jenkins reacquired the bonds for retirement when they were selling at 99 on the open market (assume no call premium).
(1) | Determine the issue price of the bonds. Show your computations. (Round to the nearest dollar.) |
(2) | Prepare an amortization table through the first three interest periods using the effective-interest method. (Round to the nearest dollar.) |
(3) | Prepare the journal entries to record bond-related transactions on the following dates (Round to the nearest dollar.): |
| (a) April 1, 2011 |
| (b) October 1, 2011 |
| (c) December 31, 2011 |
| (d) April 1, 2012 |
| (e) October 1, 2012 |
Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077400163
6th edition
Authors: J. David Spiceland, James Sepe, Mark Nelson