In: Accounting
Polk Incorporated issued $200,000 of 13% bonds on July 1, 2016, for $206,801.60. The bonds were dated January 1, 2016, pay interest on each June 30 and December 31, are due December 31, 2020, and were issued to yield 12%. Polk uses the effective interest method of amortization.
Required:
Prepare the journal entries to record the issue of the bonds on July 1, 2016, and the interest payments on December 31, 2016, and June 30, 2017. In addition, prepare a bond interest expense and premium amortization schedule for the bonds through June 30, 2017. |
Entries | ||||||||||
Semi-nnual Interest periods | Interest @ 6% | Interest @ 6.5% | Premium Amortization | Unamortized Premium | Bond carrying value (bond par value- discount) | 7/1/2016 | Cash | $ 206,801.60 | ||
Issue Date | $ 6,802 | $ 206,802 | Premium on Bonds | $ 6,801.60 | ||||||
31-Dec | $ 12,408.10 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 592 | $ 6,210 | $ 206,210 | Bonds payable | $ 200,000.00 | |||
1-Jul | $ 12,372.58 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 627 | $ 5,582 | $ 205,582 | 12/31/2016 | Interest expenses | $ 12,408.10 | ||
31-Dec | $ 12,334.94 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 665 | $ 4,917 | $ 204,917 | Premium on Bonds | $ 591.90 | |||
1-Jul | $ 12,295.03 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 705 | $ 4,212 | $ 204,212 | Cash | $ 13,000.00 | |||
31-Dec | $ 12,252.73 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 747 | $ 3,465 | $ 203,465 | 6/30/2017 | Interest expenses | $ 12,372.58 | ||
1-Jul | $ 12,207.90 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 792 | $ 2,673 | $ 202,673 | Premium on Bonds | $ 627.42 | |||
31-Dec | $ 12,160.37 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 840 | $ 1,833 | $ 201,833 | Cash | $ 13,000.00 | |||
1-Jul | $ 12,110.00 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 890 | $ 943 | $ 200,943 | |||||
31-Dec | $ 12,056.59 | $ 13,000.00 | $ 943 | $ (0) | $ 200,000 |