Exam 10: Reporting and Analyzing Long-Term Liabilities

On April 1,a company issues 6%,10-year,$600,000 par value bonds that pay interest semiannually each March 31 and September 30.The bonds sold at $592,000.The company uses the straight-line method of amortizing bond discounts.Prepare the general journal entry to record the first interest payment on September 30.

The debt-to-equity ratio enables financial statement users to assess the risk of a company's financing structure.

Operating leases are long-term or noncancelable leases in which the lessor transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Sharmer Company issues 5%,5-year bonds with a par value of $1,000,000 and semiannual interest payments.On the issue date,the annual market rate for these bonds is 6%.What is the bond's issue (selling)price,assuming the following factors:

A discount reduces the interest expense of a bond over its life.

The effective interest method assigns a bond interest expense amount that increases over the life of a premium bond.

The carrying (book)value of a bond payable is the par value of the bonds plus any discount or minus any premium.

The issue price of bonds is found by computing the future value of the bond's cash payments,discounted at the market rate of interest.

When the contract rate of a bond is greater than the market rate on the date of issuance,the bond sells at a discount.

The present value of an annuity is equal to the sum of the individual future values for each payment.

On January 1,Year 1 a company borrowed $70,000 cash by signing a 9% installment note that is to be repaid with 4 annual year-end payments of $21,607,the first of which is due on December 31,Year 1. (a)Prepare the company's journal entry to record the note's issuance. (b)Prepare the journal entries to record the first and second installment payments.

On July 1,Shady Creek Resort borrowed $250,000 cash by signing a 10-year,8% installment note requiring equal payments each June 30 of $37,258.What is the journal entry to record the first annual payment?

________ bonds can be exchanged for a fixed number of shares of the issuing corporation's common stock.

A company borrowed cash from the bank by signing a 5-year,8% installment note.The present value of an annuity factor at 8% for 5 years is 3.9927.The present value of a single sum at 8% for 5 years is .6806.Each annual payment equals $75,000.The present value of the note is:

Describe the recording procedures for the issuance,retirement,and paying of interest for installment notes.

A company has 10%,20-year bonds outstanding with a par value of $500,000.The company calls the bonds at 96 when the unamortized discount is $24,500.Calculate the gain or loss on the retirement of these bonds.

Bond market values are expressed as a percent of their par (face)value.

The Premium on Bonds Payable account is a(n):

A contract pledging title to assets as security for a note or bond is known as a(an):

A bond with a par value of $1,000 trading at 98 sells for a discount.