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Cash (+A) ……………………………………………………………………
Discount on bonds payable (+XL, –L) …………………………..….
Bonds payable (+L) …………………………………………………..
1. Reported interest expense, $30,800 – Discount amortized, $2,800 = $28,000 (cash
interest).
2. $28,000 ÷ $400,000 = 7% coupon (stated interest) rate.
Interest expense:
Interest expense (+E, –SE) …………………………………………….
Discount on bonds payable ($28,000 ÷ 10 years) (-XL, +L)
Cash ($400,000 x 7%) (-A) …………………………………………
E10–7B.
1. Issue price: $2,844. Stated rate, 6%; effective or yield rate, 8% (both were given).
2. Discount: $3,000 – $2,844 = $156.
3. $3,000 x 6% = $180.
4. 2014, $228; 2015, $231; 2016, $237.
5. Balance sheet:
(immediately before retirement)
6. Effective-interest amortization was used.
7. (a) $3,000 x 6% = $180.
8. Effective-interest amortization measures the amount of interest expense and net
liability for each period on a present value basis. The interest expense and related
amortization computations are based on the actual unpaid balance of the debt and