Question

Concord Company had bonds outstanding with a maturity value of $311,000. On April 30, 2017, when these bonds had an unamortized discount of $11,000, they were called in at 105. To pay for these bonds, Concord had issued other bonds a month earlier bearing a lower interest rate. The newly issued bonds had a life of 10 years. The new bonds were issued at 101 (face value $311,000). Ignoring interest, record the journal entries for the redemption of the old bonds and the issuance of the new bonds.

Redemption of Old Bonds

Date Accounts DR CR

4-30-17

Issuance of New Bonds

Date Accounts DR CR

3-30-17

Answer 1

Redemption of Old Bonds

4-30-17 Bonds Payable $311000 Dr

Loss on Bond Redemption $26550 Dr

Discount on Bonds Payable $11000 Cr

Cash $326550 Cr

Issuance of New Bonds

3-30-17 Cash $314110 Dr

Premium on Bonds Payable $3110 Cr

Bonds Payable $311000 Cr

Step-by-step explanation:

Redemption of Bonds Payable

The maturity value for bonds payable is equal to the face value of these bonds. This means that the face value of old bonds was $311000.

The bonds were carrying a discount. Thus, the carrying value of bonds was

Carrying value = Face value - Discount

Carrying value = 311000 - 11000 = $300000

Bonds with a carrying value of $300000 were redeemed at 105% of the face value. The cash paid for redemption is,

Cash paid = 311000 * 105% = 326550

Thus, there was a loss on redemption of = 326550 - 300000 = $26550

Issuance of Bonds Payable

The bonds were issued at 101% of the face value which means they were issued at a premium.

The amount of premium on these bonds is,

Premium = Carrying value - Face value

Premium = 311000 * 101% - 311000

Premium = $3110