In: Accounting
On January 1, 2018, the company had issued $1,200,000 par value,
7%, five-year bonds at a price of
$1,251,176. Interest was payable semiannually on June 30 and
December 31. The market rate of interest
was 6% on the date the bond were issued.
On March 1, 2019, the company extinguished 40% of the bonds
outstanding by issuing 15,000 of its
common shares. It also paid in cash all interest due up to March 1,
2019 on these bonds. The market
value of these shares was $36 per share. Assume the company is
using IFRS to account for the bonds.
required:
a] Prepare the journal entry to record the interest expense on the
bonds payable, on December 31, 2018.
b] Prepare the journal entry to record the payment of interest
accrued on the bonds which were retired
on March 1, 2019.
c] Prepare the journal entry to record the early retirement of the
bonds on March 1, 2019