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On January 1, 2017, Park Rapids Lumber Company issued $80 million in 20-year, 10% bonds payable. Interest is payable semiannually on June 30th and December 31st. Bond discounts and premiums are amortized straight-line at each interest payment date.
a. Record the journal entry when the bonds were issued on January 1, 2017, make the necessary the journal entry to record the payment of bond interest on June 30, 2017, under each of the following assumptions:
1. The bonds were issued at 98. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.
2. The bonds were issued at 101. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.
b. Compute the net bond liability at December 31, 2017, under assumptions 1 and 2 above. Round to the nearest dollar.
c. Under which of the above assumptions, 1 or 2 would the investor’s effective rate of interest be higher? Explain.
Net Bond liability will be same under both the asumptions asnd it will be $ 80 Million as nothing has been repaid.