On January $1,2025,$ Sage Corporation issued $$640,000$ of $9\%$ bonds, due in $8$ years. The bonds were issued for $$677,288,$ and pay

interest each July $1$ and January $1.$ The effective$-$interest rate is $8\%.$

Prepare the company's journal entries for $($a$)$ the January $1$ issuance, $($b$)$ the July $1$ interest payment, and $($c$)$ the December $31$ adjusting

entry. Sage uses the effective$-$interest method. $($Round answers to $0$ decimal places, eg$.38,548.$ If no entry is required, select $"$No Entry" for

the account titles and enter $0$ for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent

manually. List all debit entries before credit entries.$)$

No$.$

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

$Cn$

$($a$)$

$($b$)$

$($c$)$