178.On January 1, a company issued 10-year, 10% bonds payable with a par value of $500,000, and received $442,647 in cash proceeds. The market rate of interest at the date of issuance was 12%. The bonds pay interest semiannually on July 1 and January 1. The issuer uses the straight-line method for amortization. Prepare the issuer's journal entry to record the first semiannual interest payment on July 1.
179.A company issued 10-year, 9% bonds, with a par value of $500,000 when the market rate was 9.5%. The issuer received $484,087 in cash proceeds. Prepare the issuer's journal entry to record the bond issuance.
180.A company issued 10-year, 9% bonds with a par value of $500,000 when the market rate was 9.5%. The company received $484,087 in cash proceeds. Using the straight-line method, prepare the issuer's journal entry to record the first semiannual interest payment and the amortization of any bond discount or premium. (Round amounts to the nearest whole dollar)
181.A company issues 6%, 5 year bonds with a par value of $800,000 and semiannual interest payments. On the issue date, the annual market rate of interest is 8%. Compute the issue (selling) price of the bonds. 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
182.A company issued 9.2%, 10-year bonds with a par value of $100,000. Interest is paid semiannually. The annual market interest rate on the issue date was 10%, and the issuer received $95,016 cash for the bonds. The issuer uses the effective interest method for amortization. On the first semiannual interest date, what amount of discount should the issuer amortize?