Exercise 14-13B (30 minutes)
2. Total bond interest expense over the life of the bonds
Amount repaid
Six payments of $22,500*…………………. $135,000
Par value at maturity………………………… 500,000
or
3. Effective interest amortization table
Semiannual
Interest
Period-End
(A)
Cash Interest
Paid
[4.5% x $500,000]
(B)
Bond Interest
Expense
[6% x Prior (E)]
(C)
Discount
Amortization
[(B) – (A)]
(D)
Unamortized
Discount
[Prior (D) – (C)]
(E)
Carrying
Value
[$500,000 – (D)]
1/01/2015 $36,860 $463,140
6/30/2015 $ 22,500 $ 27,788 $ 5,288 31,572 468,428
12/31/2015 22,500 28,106 5,606 25,966 474,034
*Adjusted for rounding.