Professional Documents
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Accounting
13th Canadian Edition, Volume 2
Kieso ● Weygandt ● Warfield ● Wiecek ● McConomy
Chapter 14
The $24,000 discount is recognized At the end of the first year, the
as interest expense, and a portion is unamortized discount is $21,600
added to the interest payment each
which makes the carrying amount of
year to determine total interest
expense the bonds payable $778,400
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Bonds Issued at a Premium—
Straight-line Amortization
• When bonds sell and the market rate is lower than the
nominal or stated rate.
• The selling price is calculated the same as with
discounts: present value of the principal and interest
over the term of the bond using the market rate
• Buyers will pay the seller the interest that has accrued
from the last interest date to the issue date
• Payment, in advance, for the portion of the payment
they will receive on the next payment date, but will not
have earned
• Journal entry to
record first interest
payment
• After the first payment • After the second payment
Carrying
amount of
the bond
after Jul 1
First interest charge: Jul 1
Interest paid: $92,278 x 10% x ½ year Carrying
$100,000 x 8% x ½ year amount of
Second interest charge: Jan 1 (accrued on the bond
Dec 31) $92,892 x 10% x ½ year after Dec 31
• Journal entry to
record first interest
payment
The creditor
records a loss on
the restructuring
New debt’s value differs by less than 10% of the old value, so this
is not considered a substantial modification.