Problem 14-2A (40 minutes)
Part 1
2015
Jan. 1 Cash……………………………………………………………………3,456,448
Sold bonds on stated issue date.
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.]
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