Question

Carmen Company issued 10-year bonds on January 1. The 15% bonds have a face value of $100,000 and pay interest every January 1 and July 1. The bonds were sold for $117,205 based on the market interest rate of 12%. Carmen Company uses the effective interest rate method to amortize bond discounts and premiums. On July 1 of the same year, Carmen should record interest expense (rounded to the nearest dollar) of a.$7,500. b.$8,790. c.$14,065. d.$7,032.

Answer 1

Answer:

d. $7,032          

Explanation:

The computation of the interest expense is shown below:

= Sale value of the bond × market interest rate ÷ 0.5

= $117,205 × 12% ÷ 0.5

= $117,205 × 6%

= $7,032

Simply we multiply the sale value of the bond with the market interest rate so that the accurate amount of the interest expense can come.

We divide it by 0.5 because as the number of months is 6 months and total months is 12. The six month is calculated from the January 1 to July 1