Chapter 14: Q4CE (page 768)
A company proposes to include in its SEC registration statement a balance sheet showing its subordinate debt as a portion of stockholders’ equity. Will the SEC allow this? Why or why not?
No, the SEC will not allow it.
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Describe the two criteria for determining the valuation of financial assets.
Assume the same information as in E14-4, except that Celine Dion Company uses the effective-interest method of amortization for bond premium or discount. Assume an effective yield of 9.7705%
Instructions
Prepare the journal entries to record the following. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
(a) The issuance of the bonds.
(b) The payment of interest and related amortization on July 1, 2017.
(c) The accrual of interest and the related amortization on December 31, 2017.
Question: (Restructure of Note under Different Circumstances) Halvor Corporation is having financial difficulty and therefore has asked Frontenac National Bank to restructure its \(5 million note outstanding. The present note has 3 years remaining and pays a current rate of interest of 10%. The present market rate for a loan of this nature is 12%. The note was issued at its face value.
Instructions
The following are four independent situations. Prepare the journal entry that Halvor and Frontenac National Bank would make for each of these restructurings.
(a) Frontenac National Bank agrees to take an equity interest in Halvor by accepting common stock valued at \)3,700,000 in exchange for relinquishing its claim on this note. The common stock has a par value of \(1,700,000.
(b) Frontenac National Bank agrees to accept land in exchange for relinquishing its claim on this note. The land has a book value of \)3,250,000 and a fair value of \(4,000,000.
(c) Frontenac National Bank agrees to modify the terms of the note, indicating that Halvor does not have to pay any interest on the note over the 3-year period.
(d) Frontenac National Bank agrees to reduce the principal balance due to \)4,166,667 and require interest only in the second and third year at a rate of 10%.
Devers Corporation issued $400,000 of 6% bonds on May 1, 2017. The bonds were dated January 1, 2017, and mature January 1, 2020, with interest payable July 1 and January 1. The bonds were issued at face value plus accrued interest. Prepare Devers’s journal entries for (a) the May 1 issuance, (b) the July 1 interest payment, and (c) the December 31 adjusting entry.
On January 1, 2017, Henderson Corporation redeemed \(500,00 of bonds at 99. At the time of redemption, the unamortized premium was \)15,000. Prepare the corporation’s journal entry to record the reacquisition of the bonds.
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