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For your main Discussion post, share your understanding of bonds as a form of financing a corporation. Discuss how the price of a bond is determined and provide an example of each of the following:
• A bond issued at a premium,
• A bond issued at par,
• A bond issued at a discount.
Additionally, provide the journal entry that would be made to record each of your bond examples as well as the first journal entry that would be made to amortize each of the bond’s premium and discount. What would be the Net Bond Value after the first amortization entry for each of your example bonds? In your main post, also comment on the circumstances upon which a bond may be callable and when a bond may be convertible.
ANSWER:
FOR GIVEN DATA:
• A bond issued at a premium,
• A bond issued at par,
• A bond issued at a discount
Clarification :
Journal Entry
Bond gave at premium of Rs. 10 with estimation of Rs. 100
Financial balance Debit 110
Bond Account Credit 100
Premium on issue of Bond Credit 10
Bond gave at standard par with face estimation of Rs. 100
Financial Debit 100
Bond Account Credit 100
Bond gave at rebate of Rs. 10 with face estimation of Rs. 90
Financial balance Debit Debit 90
Discount on issue of Bond Debit 10
Bond Account Credit 100
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