Problem 10-2A (40 minutes)
Part 1
2015
Jan. 1 Cash………………………………………………………………………3,456,448
Part 2
[Note: The semiannual amounts for (a), (b), and (c) below are the same throughout the bonds’
life because this company uses straight-line amortization.]
(a) Cash Payment = $4,000,000 x 6% x 6/12 year = $120,000
(b) Discount = $4,000,000 – $3,456,448 = $543,552
Part 3
Thirty payments of $120,000 …………..…...$3,600,000
Par value at maturity…………….……………… 4,000,000
or:
Thirty payments of $120,000…….………………..$ 3,600,000
Part 4 (Semiannual amortization: $543,552/30 = $18,118.4)
Semiannual
Period-End
Unamortized
Discount
Carrying
Value
1/01/2015….….............. $543,552 $3,456,448
6/30/2015….….............. 525,434 3,474,566
6/30/2016….….............. 489,198 3,510,802