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Chapter 14: Q12Q (page 753)

Question: Why would a company wish to reduce its bond indebtedness before its bonds reach maturity? Indicate how this can be done and the correct accounting treatment for such a transaction.

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It is occasionally expected to diminish bond indebtedness so as to take benefit of lessening existing rate of interest. Any interrelated premium or discount is duly amortized and upon extinguishment of bond, gain or loss, if any, should be listed in income.

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Meaning of bond indebtedness

Bond indebtedness implies any properly executed agreement in writing displaying a promise made by a government unit to pay off to the other a particular amount of money, at a certain date.

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Companies desire to decrease its bond indebtedness before reaching its bond maturity

Bond indebtedness is decreased because the firm may not desire to make an extensive cash outlay altogether at the time of bond maturity. Bond indebtedness may also be decreased by issuing callable bonds after a particular date and subsequently by calling some or all of them, or by buying bonds on the open market and then retiring them.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Pierre Company has a 12% note payable with a carrying value of \(20,000. Pierre applies the fair value option to this note. Given an increase in market interest rates, the fair value of the note is \)22,600. Prepare the entry to record the fair value option for this note, assuming

(a) no change in credit risk, and

(b) the change is due to a change in credit risk.

On January 1, Patterson Inc. issued \(5,000,000, 9% bonds for \)4,695,000. The market rate of interest for these bonds is 10%. Interest is payable annually on December 31. Patterson uses the effective-interest method of amortizing bond discount. At the end of the first year, Patterson should report bonds payable of:

(a) \(4,725,500. (c) \)258,050.

(b) \(4,714,500. (d) \)4,745,000

Karen Austin Inc. has issued three types of debt on January 1, 2017, the start of the company’s fiscal year.

  1. \(10 million, 10-year, 15% unsecured bonds, interest payable quarterly. Bonds were priced to yield 12%.
  2. \)25 million par of 10-year, zero-coupon bonds at a price to yield 12% per year.
  3. $20 million, 10-year, 10% mortgage bonds, interest payable annually to yield 12%.

Instructions

Prepare a schedule that identifies the following items for each bond: (1) maturity value, (2) number of interest periods over life of bond, (3) stated rate per each interest period, (4) effective-interest rate per each interest period, (5) payment amount per period, and (6) present value of bonds at date of issue.

On June 30, 2009, County Company issued 12% bonds with a par value of \(800,000 due in 20 years. They were issued at 98 and were callable at 104 at any date after June 30, 2017. Because of lower interest rates and a significant change in the company’s credit rating, it was decided to call the entire issue on June 30, 2018, and to issue new bonds. New 10% bonds were sold in the amount of \)1,000,000 at 102; they mature in 20 years. County Company uses straight-line amortization. Interest payment dates are December 31 and June 30.

Instructions

  1. Prepare journal entries to record the redemption of the old issue and the sale of the new issue on June 30, 2018.
  2. Prepare the entry required on December 31, 2018, to record the payment of the first 6 months’ interest and the amortization of premium on the bonds.

Devers Corporation issued $400,000 of 6% bonds on May 1, 2017. The bonds were dated January 1, 2017, and mature January 1, 2020, with interest payable July 1 and January 1. The bonds were issued at face value plus accrued interest. Prepare Devers’s journal entries for (a) the May 1 issuance, (b) the July 1 interest payment, and (c) the December 31 adjusting entry.
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