McIntyre Corporation issued 2,000 $1,000 bonds at 101. Each bond was issued with one detachable stock warrant. After issuance, the bonds were selling separately at 98. The market price of the warrants without the bonds cannot be determined. Use the incremental method to record the issuance of the bonds and warrants.

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Cash and Discount on Bonds Payable will be debited with $2,020,000 and $40,000, respectively. Bonds Payable and Paid-in Capital- Stock Warrants will be credited with $2,000,000 and $60,000, respectively.

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01

The following details are provided

We have:

Discount on Bonds Payable $40,000 [$2,000,000 X (1 – .98)]

Paid-in Capital—Stock Warrants $60,000 [$2,000,000 X (1.01 – .98)]

02

Journal entry

Date

Description

DEBIT

CREDIT

Cash

$2,020,000

Discount on Bonds Payable

$40,000

Bonds Payable

$2,000,000

Paid-in Capital—Stock Warrants

$60,000

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