Exam 10: Reporting and Analyzing Long-Term Liabilities

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An installment note is an obligation to the issuing company that requires a series of periodic payments to the holder.

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Bonds may only be issued on an interest payment date.

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On January 1,a company issues bonds with a par value of $300,000.The bonds mature in 5 years and pay 8% annual interest each June 30 and December 31.On the issue date,the market rate of interest is 6%.Compute the price of the bonds on their issue date.The following information is taken from present value tables: Present value of an annuity for 10 periods at 3\% 8.5302 Present value of an annuity for 10 periods at 4\% 8.1109 Present value of 1 due in 10 periods at 3\% 0.7441 Present value of 1 due in 10 periods at 4\% 0.6756

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 Present value of principal $300,000×0.7441=$223,230 Present value of interest $300,000×.04×8.5302=102,362 Price of Bonds $325,592\begin{array}{llr}\text { Present value of principal } & \$ 300,000 \times 0.7441= & \$ 223,230 \\\text { Present value of interest } & \$ 300,000 \times .04 \times 8.5302= & 102,362\\\text { Price of Bonds }&&\$325,592\end{array}

On January 1,2010,Jacob issues $800,000 of 9%,13-year bonds at a price of 96½.Six years later,on January 1,2016,Jacob retires 20% of these bonds by buying them on the open market at 105½.All interest is accounted for and paid through December 31,2015,the day before the purchase.The straight-line method is used to amortize any bond discount or premium. What is the journal entry to record the issuance of the bonds on January 1,2010?

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A company has $200,000 par value,10% bonds outstanding.Prepare the company's journal entry to retire the bonds at the date of maturity.

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A lease is a contractual agreement between a lessor and a lessee that grants the lessee the right to use the asset for a period of time in return for cash payment(s)to the lessor.

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A corporation plans to invest $1 million in oil exploration.The corporation is considering two plans to raise the money.Under Plan #1,bonds with a contract rate of interest of 6% would be issued.Under Plan #2,additional shares of common stock would be issued at $20 per share.The corporation currently has 300,000 shares of stock outstanding and it expects to earn $700,000 per year before bond interest and income taxes.The net income and return on investment for both plans is shown below: Plan \#1 Plan \#2 Earnings before bond interest and taxes \ 700,000 \ 700,000 Bond interest expense (60,000) Income before taxes \ 640,000 \ 700,000 Income taxes (245,000) Net income \ 416,000 \ 455,000 Equity \ 8,000,000 \ 9,000,000 Return on Equity 5.2\% 5.06\% Comment on the relative effects of each alternative,including when one form of financing is preferred to another.

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

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____________________ bonds reduce a bondholder's risk by requiring the issuer to create a fund of assets set aside as specified amounts and dates to repay the bonds at maturity.

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On January 1,2010,a company issued and sold a $400,000,7%,10-year bond payable and received proceeds of $396,000.Interest is payable each June 30 and December 31.The company uses the straight-line method to amortize the discount.The journal entry to record the first interest payment is:

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The present value of an annuity can be computed as the sum of the individual future values for each payment.

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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.

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On October 1,a $30,000,6%,3-year installment note payable is issued by a company.The note requires that $10,000 of principal plus accrued interest be paid at the end of each year on September 30.The issuer's journal entry to record the second annual interest payment would include:

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A company retires its bonds at 105.The carrying value of the bonds at the date of is $103,745.The issuer's journal entry to record the retirement will include a:

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On January 1,2010,a company issued 10%,10-year bonds payable with a par value of $720,000.The bonds pay interest on July 1 and January 1.The bonds were issued for $817,860 cash,which provided the holders an annual yield of 8%.Prepare the general journal entry to record the first semiannual interest payment,assuming the company uses the straight-line method of amortization.

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Bonds and long-term notes are similar in that they are typically transacted with multiple lenders.

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A corporation issued 8% bonds with a par value of $1,000,000,receiving a $20,000 premium.On the interest date 5 years later,after the bond interest was paid and after 40% of the premium had been written off,the corporation purchased the entire issue on the open market at 99 and retired it.The gain or loss on this retirement is:

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If the borrower fails to pay a mortgage,most mortgage contracts grant the lender the right to foreclose on the property that is identified as security in the contract.

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Assume that the Rap Snacks company has a loan agreement that provides it with cash today and the company must pay $25,000 one year from today,$15,000 two years from today and $5,000 three years from today.Rap Snacks agrees to pay 10% interest.The following factors are from the present value of $1 table: Periods Interestrate 10\% 1 0.9091 2 0.8264 3 0.7513 What is the amount of cash that Rap Snacks receives today?

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Mark and Holly Melton,the owners of Melton Franchise Systems,say the key to their success is planning the financing for each individual franchise owner.Using the debt to equity ratio,which of the following franchises would be assessed as having the riskiest financing structure? Franchise Franchise Franchise Franchise Franchise A B C D E Total Lubilities \ 240,000 \ 120,000 \ 300,000 \ 500,000 \ 270,000 Total Equity \ 60,000 \ 20,000 \ 150,000 \ 100,000

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