1) A corporation issues $100,000, 8%, 5-year bonds on January 1, 2007, for $104,200. Interest is paid semiannually on January 1 and July 1. If the corporation uses the straight-line method of amortization of bond discount, the amount of bond interest expense to be recognized on July 1, 2007, is _______.
2) On January 1, 2007, the Kings Corporation issued 10% bonds with a face value of $100,000. The bonds are sold for $96,000. The bonds pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31 and the maturity date is December 31, 2011. Kings records straight-line amortization of the bond discount. The bond interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2007, is _______.
3). When the market rate of interest was 11%, Welch Corporation issued $100,000, 8%, 10-year bonds that pay interest semiannually. Using the straight-line method, the amount of discount or premium to be amortized each interest period would be ________.
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2) On January 1, 2007, the Kings Corporation issued 10% bonds with a face value of $100,000. The bonds are sold for $96,000. The bonds pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31 and the maturity date is December 31, 2011. Kings records straight-line amortization of the bond discount. The bond interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2007, is _______.
3). When the market rate of interest was 11%, Welch Corporation issued $100,000, 8%, 10-year bonds that pay interest semiannually. Using the straight-line method, the amount of discount or premium to be amortized each interest period would be ________.
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