Exam 14: Long-Term Liabilities

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A company borrowed $50,000 cash from the bank and signed a 6-year note at 7%.The present value of an annuity for 6 years at 7% is 4.7665.The annual annuity payments equal:

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On January 1,Year 1,Merrill Company borrowed $100,000 on a 10-year,7% installment note payable.The terms of the note require Merrill to pay 10 equal payments of $14,238 each December 31 for 10 years.The required general journal entry to record the first payment on the note on December 31,Year 1 is:

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Match each of the following terms with the appropriate definitions.
Bonds that require the issuer to create a fund of assets at specified amounts and dates to repay the bonds at maturity.
Contract rate
The ratio of total liabilities to total stockholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity ratio
A series of equal payments at equal intervals.
Bond indenture
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Bonds that require the issuer to create a fund of assets at specified amounts and dates to repay the bonds at maturity.
Contract rate
The ratio of total liabilities to total stockholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity ratio
A series of equal payments at equal intervals.
Bond indenture
Bonds that have specific assets of the issuer pledged as collateral.
Secured bonds
The difference between the par value of a bond and its higher issue price or carrying value.
Carrying value
Bonds that give the issuer an option of retiring them at a stated amount prior to maturity.
Annuity
The interest rate specified in the bond indenture.
Premium on bonds
A written promise to pay an amount identified as the par value along with interest at a stated rate.
Callable bonds
The net amount at which bonds are reported on the balance sheet.
Bond
The contract between the bond issuer and the bondholder(s); it identifies the rights and obligations of the parties.
Sinking fund bonds
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A company issued 5-year,7% bonds with a par value of $100,000.The company received $97,947 for the bonds.Using the straight-line method,the amount of interest expense for the first semiannual interest period is:

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Amortizing a bond discount:

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_______________ bonds are bonds that mature at more than one date,often in a series,and thus are usually repaid over a number of periods.

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Tart Company's most recent balance sheet reports total assets of $42,000,000,total liabilities of $16,000,000 and stockholders' equity of $26,000,000.Management is considering using $3,000,000 of excess cash to prepay $3,000,000 of outstanding bonds.What effect,if any,would prepaying the bonds have on the company's debt-to-equity ratio?

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____________________ leases are long-term or noncancelable leases by which the lessor transfers substantially all risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

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A corporation borrowed $125,000 cash by signing a 5-year,9% installment note requiring equal annual payments each December 31 of $32,136.What journal entry would the issuer record for the first payment?

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Long-term bonds have relatively higher interest rates because they carry higher risk due to the longer time period.

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On October 1 of the current year a corporation sold,at par plus accrued interest,$1,000,000 of its 12% bonds,which were dated July 1 of this year.What amount of bond interest expense should the company report on its current year income statement?

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Return on equity _______________ when the expected rate of return from the acquired assets is greater than the rate of interest on the bonds used to finance the asset acquisition.

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Bonds that have interest coupons attached to their certificates,which the bondholders detach during each interest period and present to a bank for collection,are called:

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A company's debt-to-equity ratio was 1.0 at the end of Year 1.By the end of Year 2,it had increased to 1.7.Since the ratio increased from Year 1 to Year 2,the degree of risk in the firm's financing structure decreased during Year 2.

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All of the following statements regarding leases are true except:

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_________________________ leases are short-term or cancelable leases in which the lessor retains the risks and rewards of ownership.

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Sinking fund bonds:

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An installment note is an obligation of the issuing company that requires a series of periodic payments to the lender.

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The effective interest method yields increasing amounts of bond interest expense and decreasing amounts of premium amortization over the bond's life for bonds issued at a premium.

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A company issues bonds with a par value of $800,000 on their issue date.The bonds mature in 5 years and pay 6% annual interest in two semiannual payments.On the issue date,the market rate of interest is 8%.Compute the price of the bonds on their issue date.The following information is taken from present value tables: Present value of an annuity for 10 periods at 3% ...................8.5302 Present value of an annuity for 10 periods at 4% ...................8.1109 Present value of 1 due in 10 periods at 3%................... 0.7441 Present value of 1 due in 10 periods at 4% ...................0.6756

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