Question

Exercise 14-8 Presented below are three independent situations. (a) Oriole Co. sold $1,970,000 of 12%, 10-year bonds at 102 on January 1, 2017. The bonds were dated January 1, 2017, and pay interest on July 1 and January 1. If Oriole uses the straight-line method to amortize bond premium or discount, determine the amount of interest expense to be reported on July 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 38,548.) Interest expense to be recorded

Answer 1

$116,230

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation to determine the amount of interest expense to be reported on July 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.

First step is to find the Cash interest on the Bond calculated as:

Cash interest on the Bond = 1,970,000*12%*6/12 = $118,200

Second step is to find the Premium on Bonds Payable calculated as :

Note that (102%-100%)=2%

Hence,

Premium on Bonds Payable = 1,970,000*0.02 = 39,400

The third step is to find the Semiannual bond Premium Amorixed for both July 1, 2017, and December 31 calculated as :

Semiannual bond Premium Amorixed = 39,400/(10*2)

Semiannual bond Premium Amorixed = 39,400/20

Semiannual bond Premium Amorixed = 1,970

The last step is to calculate Interest expenses for the both July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2017, and December 31 using this formula

Interest Expenses = Cash interest - Premium amortized

Let plug in the formula

Interest expenses = 118,200-1,970 = $116,230

Therefore the amount of interest expense to be reported on July 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017 will be $116,230