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Chapter 14: Q21Q (page 753)
What disclosures are required relative to long-term debt and sinking fund requirements?
Futurepaymentsforsinkingfund requirements and the maturity amounts of long-term debt.
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What are some forms of off-balance-sheet financing?
In each of the following independent cases, the company closes its books on December 31.
1. Sanford Co. sells \(500,000 of 10% bonds on March 1, 2017. The bonds pay interest on September 1 and March 1. The due date of the bonds is September 1, 2020. The bonds yield 12%. Give entries through December 31, 2018.
2. Titania Co. sells \)400,000 of 12% bonds on June 1, 2017. The bonds pay interest on December 1 and June 1. The due date of the bonds is June 1, 2021. The bonds yield 10%. On October 1, 2018, Titania buys back \(120,000 worth of bonds for \)126,000 (includes accrued interest). Give entries through December 1, 2019.
Instructions
For the two cases prepare all of the relevant journal entries from the time of sale until the date indicated. Use the effective-interest method for discount and premium amortization (construct amortization tables where applicable). Amortize premium or discount on interest dates and at year-end. (Assume that no reversing entries were made.)
(Comprehensive Problem: Issuance, Classification, Reporting) The following are four independent situations.
(a) On March 1, 2018, Wilke Co. issued at 103 plus accrued interest \(4,000,000, 9% bonds. The bonds are dated January 1, 2018, and pay interest semiannually on July 1 and January 1. In addition, Wilke Co. incurred \)27,000 of bond issuance costs. Compute the net amount of cash received by Wilke Co. as a result of the issuance of these bonds.
(b) On January 1, 2017, Langley Co. issued 9% bonds with a face value of \(700,000 for \)656,992 to yield 10%. The bonds are dated January 1, 2017, and pay interest annually. What amount is reported for interest expense in 2017 related to these bonds, assuming that Langley used the effective-interest method for amortizing bond premium and discount?
(c) Tweedie Building Co. has a number of long-term bonds outstanding at December 31, 2017. These long-term bonds have the following sinking fund requirements and maturities for the next 6 years.
Sinking Fund | Maturities | |
2018 | \(300,000 | \)100,000 |
2019 | 100,000 | 250,000 |
2020 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
2021 | 200,000 | - |
2022 | 200,000 | 150,000 |
2023 | 200,000 | 100,000 |
Indicate how this information should be reported in the financial statements at December 31, 2017.
(d) In the long-term debt structure of Beckford Inc., the following three bonds were reported: mortgage bonds payable \(10,000,000; collateral trust bonds \)5,000,000; bonds maturing in installments, secured by plant equipment $4,000,000. Determine the total amount, if any, of debenture bonds outstanding
(b) What type of concessions might a creditor grant the debtor in a troubled-debt situation?
(Equity Securities Entries) On December 21, 2017, Bucky Katt Company provided you with the following information
regarding its equity investments.
December 31, 2017
Investments Cost Fair Value Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Clemson Corp. stock \(20,000 \)19,000 \((1,000)
Colorado Co. stock 10,000 9,000 (1,000)
Buffaloes Co. stock 20,000 20,600 600
Total of portfolio \)50,000 \(48,600 (1,400)
Previous fair value adjustment balance –0–
Fair value adjustment—Cr. \)(1,400)
During 2018, Colorado Co. stock was sold for \(9,400. The fair value of the stock on December 31, 2018, was Clemson Corp.
stock—\)19,100; Buffaloes Co. stock—$20,500. None of the equity investments result in significant influence.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the adjusting journal entry needed on December 31, 2017.
(b) Prepare the journal entry to record the sale of the Colorado Co. stock during 2018.
(c) Prepare the adjusting journal entry needed on December 31, 2018.
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