Reference no: EM132800876
Question - Company Mogensen issued a 4 year bond on January 1, 2016. The par value was $50,000 and the coupon rate was 10%. Coupon payments are made semi-annually, on June 30 and December 31 of every year.
The market interest rate on January 1, 2016 was 8% and on January 1, 2018 was 10%.
The net book value of the bond on January 1, 2018 was $52,620.
Required -
1) Record the journal entry related to the issuance of this bond, to be recorded on 1/1/2016.
2) Record the journal entry related to the bond, to be recorded on 6/30/2016.
3) Record the journal entry related to the bond, to be recorded on 6/30/2018.
4) What is the net book value of bond payable after the journal entry recorded on 6/30/2018 (i.e., the journal entry recorded in Question 3)?