Exam 14: Long-Term Liabilities: Bonds and Notes

On January 1, 2014, Gemstone Company obtained a $165,000, 10-year, 7% installment note from Guarantee Bank. The note requires annual payments of $23,492, with the first payment occurring on the last day of the fiscal year. The first payment consists of interest of $11,550 and principal repayment of $11,942. The journal entry to record the payment of the first annual amount due on the note would include:

Sorenson Co., is considering the following alternative plans for financing their company: Income tax is estimated at 40% of income. Determine the earnings per share of common stock under the two alternative financing plans, assuming income before bond interest and income tax is $1,000,000.

On January 1, 2014, the Horton Corporation issued 10% bonds with a face value of $200,000. The bonds are sold for $192,000. The bonds pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31 and the maturity date is December 31, 2018. Horton records straight-line amortization of the bond discount. The bond interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2014, is

The prices of bonds are quoted as a percentage of the bonds' market value.

The price of a bond is equal to the sum of the interest payments and the face amount of the bonds.

Debtors are interested in the times-interest-earned ratio because they want to

If the amount of a bond premium on an issued 11%, 4-year, $100,000 bond is $12,928, the annual interest expense is $5,500.

On the first day of the fiscal year, Lisbon Co. issued $1,000,000 of 10-year, 7% bonds for $1,050,000, with interest payable semiannually. Orange Inc. purchased the bonds on the issue date for the issue price. If the company uses the straight-line method for amortizing the premium, the journal entry to record the first semiannual interest payment by Lisbon Co. would include a debit to: