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Chapter 12: 5RQ (page 654)
What is the difference betwee the stated interest rate and the market interest rate?
The stated and market interest rates are different in many ways. Both play a vitol role in the bond market.
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What is a mortgage payable?
Determining bond amounts
Savvy Drive-Ins borrowed money by issuing $3,500,000 of 9% bonds payable
at 99.5. Interest is paid semiannually.
Requirements
1. How much cash did Savvy receive when it issued the bonds payable?
2. How much must Savvy pay back at maturity?
3. How much cash interest will Savvy pay each six months?
Determining bond prices and interest expense
Jones Company is planning to issue $490,000 of 9%, five-year bonds payable to
borrow for a major expansion. The owner, Shane Jones, asks your advice on some
related matters.
Requirements
1. Answer the following questions:
a. At what type of bond price Jones Company will have total interest expense
equal to the cash interest payments?
b. Under which type of bond price will Jones Company’s total interest expense be
greater than the cash interest payments?
c. If the market interest rate is 12%, what type of bond price can Jones Company
expect for the bonds?
2. Compute the price of the bonds if the bonds are issued at 89.
3. How much will Jones Company pay in interest each year? How much will Jones
Company’s interest expense be for the first year?
On December 31, 2018, when the market interest rate is 8%, Arnold Corporation issues $200,000 of 6%, 10 year-bonds payable. The bonds pay interest semiannually. Determine the present value of the bonds at issuance.
Analyzing and journalizing bond transactions
On January 1, 2018, Nurses Credit Union (NCU) issued 8%, 20-year bonds payablewith face value of $600,000. The bonds pay interest on June 30 and December 31.
Requirements
1. If the market interest rate is 7% when NCU issues its bonds, will the bonds bepriced at face value, at a premium, or at a discount? Explain.
2. If the market interest rate is 9% when NCU issues its bonds, will the bonds bepriced at face value, at a premium, or at a discount? Explain.
3. The issue price of the bonds is 92. Journalize the following bond transactions:
a. Issuance of the bonds on January 1, 2018.
b. Payment of interest and amortization on June 30, 2018.
c. Payment of interest and amortization on December 31, 2018.
d. Retirement of the bond at maturity on December 31, 2037, assuming the lastinterest payment has already beenrecorded.
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