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P 10–8 (Appendix)

19 August, 2015 - 12:11

Beacon Products Inc. was authorized to issue $1,000,000 of bonds as follows:

Date of authorization

Term

Interest rate

Interest payment dates

January 1, 2015

3 years

12%

Semi-annually on June 30 and December 31

 

On January 1, 2015, Beacon issued $300,000 of bonds for $272,263. On this date, the market rate of interest was 16%.

Required:

  1. Calculate the amount of cash received from the bond issue on January 1, 2015.
  2. Prepare an amortization table. Use the effective interest method of amortization.
  3. Calculate the effective interest rate for each six-month period.
  4. Comment on the results in each period. Do you think the results are appropriate? Why or why not?