Wild and Shaw Financial and Managerial Accounting 9e Solutions Manual: Chapter 10
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Notes payable generally involve borrowing from a single creditor, whereas bonds payable
are usually sold to many different lenders (bondholders).
3. Bonds can allow a company’s owners to increase their return on equity without investing
additional amounts. This result occurs as long as the rate of return on the assets acquired
4. A bond indenture is a legal contract between the issuing company and the bondholders
5. The contract rate (also known as the coupon rate, stated rate, or nominal rate) is the rate
6. In general, the supply of and demand for bonds affect market rates. The market rate for a
particular bond issue is also affected by risks unique to the issuer (e.g., financial
performance and condition) and the length of time until the bonds mature.
7.B The effective interest method creates a constant rate of interest over a bond’s life because
the market rate at the time of issuance is multiplied by the beginning balance for each
8. A company’s accounting period and its bond interest payment dates might not always
9. The price of bonds can be computed by finding the present value of both the par value at
maturity and the periodic cash interest payments discounted at the market rate of interest.
10. The issue price of a $2,000 bond sold at 98 ¼ is 98.25% of $2,000, or $1,965. The issue
price of a $6,000 bond priced at 101 ½ is 101.5% of $6,000, or $6,090.
11. The debt-to-equity ratio is calculated by dividing total liabilities by total equity. The higher
a company’s debt–to–equity ratio, the higher proportion of a company’s assets that are
12. An entrepreneur (owner) must repay the bondholders the principal (par value) according
to the term of the bonds. He or she must also pay interest on the bonds per the amount