Question

The city of Jacksonville, Florida is issuing $100,000,000 of general obligation bonds paying interest on January 1st and July 1st of each year until maturity. The dated date of the issue is June 1, 2020. The first payment will be made on January 1st, 2021. A bondholder purchases the issue at the offering. The first interest payment is a(n):

Answer 1

Answer: Odd first interest payment

Explanation: The Interest paid on the first installment is a odd first Interest payment. Such scenario comes into play when a loan with a fixed installment payment date, which is 6 months in this case (January 1st and July 1st), begins on a date which does not allow the immediate use to f this regular payment schedule. Hence, the odd first Interst payment is adopted in other to enable the lender cove r the initial period before beung able to use the usual regular payment schedule. In this case the odd first Interest schedule is between June 1st to January 1st. After which regular payment schedule commences on July 1st.