In: Accounting
On April 1, 2017, Swifty Company sold 14,400 of its 11%,
15-year, $1,000 face value bonds at 97. Interest payment dates are
April 1 and October 1, and the company uses the straight-line
method of bond discount amortization. On March 1, 2018, Swifty took
advantage of favorable prices of its stock to extinguish 4,200 of
the bonds by issuing 138,600 shares of its $10 par value common
stock. At this time, the accrued interest was paid in cash. The
company’s stock was selling for $32 per share on March 1,
2018.
Prepare the journal entries needed on the books of Swifty Company
to record the following. (Round intermediate
calculations to 6 decimal places, e.g. 1.251247 and final answers
to 0 decimal places, e.g. 38,548. If no entry is required, select
"No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.
Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is
entered. Do not indent manually.)
a. April 1, 2017: issuance of the bonds.
b. October 1, 2017: payment of semiannual interest.
c. December 31, 2017: accrual of interest expense.
d. March 1, 2018: extinguishment of 4,200 bonds. (No reversing entries made.)
part | date | account title and explanation | debit | credit | |
a | 4/1/17 | ||||
b | 10/1/17 | ||||
c | 12/31/17 | ||||
d | 3/1/18 | ||||
(To record payment to retiring bondholders) | |||||
3/1/18 | |||||
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