Answer:
(a) Journalize the payment of the bond interest on January 1, 2022.
Dr Interest payable - bonds payable 40,400
Cr Cash 40,400
The interest expense on the bonds payable should have been accrued on the 2021 balance sheet, that is why we debit interest payable and not interest expense.
(b) Assume that on January 1, 2022, after paying interest, Blossom calls bonds having a face value of $100,000. The call price is 103. Record the redemption of the bonds.
Dr Bonds payable 100,000
Dr Call premium 3,000
Cr Cash 103,000
(c) Prepare the adjusting entry on December 31, 2022, to accrue the interest on the remaining bonds.
interest expense = $405,000 x 8% = $32,400
Dr Interest expense - bonds payable 32,400
Cr Interest payable - bonds payable 32,400
