On December 31, 2019, Spearmint, Inc., issued $450,000 of 9 percent, 3-year bonds for cash of $461,795. After recording the rela
ted entry, Bonds Payable had a balance of $450,000 and Premium on Bonds Payable had a balance of $11,795. Spearmint uses the straight-line bond amortization method. The first semiannual interest payment was made on June 30, 2020. Complete the necessary journal entry for June 30, 2020 by selecting the account names from the drop-down menus and entering the dollar amounts in the debit or credit columns.
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Answer:
the annual pre-tax cost of debt is 10.56%
Explanation:
the beore-tax component cost of debt will be the actual market rate of the bonds, as they offer an interest rate of 11% but are selling at 104 points not at par thus, there is a difference between the rates.
We solve for the rate which makes the coupon and maturity 104
with excel or a financial calculator
PV of the coupon payment
C 5.500 (100 x 11%/2)
time 60 (30 years x 2 payment per year)
rate <em>0.052787474</em>
PV $99.4338
PV of the maturity
Maturity 100.00
time 60.00
rate <em>0.052787474</em>
PV 4.57
<em><u>Adding both we should get 104 which is the amount the bonds is selling:</u></em>
PV coupon $99.4338 + PV maturity $4.5662 = $104.0000
The rate is generated using goal seek or wiht a financial calculator.
This rate is a semiannual rate, so we multiply by 2 to get the annual cost of debt:
0.052787474 x 2 = 0.105574947
The cost of debt for the firm is 10.56%