E17.3 (LO1) - Debt Investments
On January 1, 2019, Roosevelt Company purchased 12% bonds with a maturity value of $500,000 for $537,907.40. The bonds provide a 10% yield to the bondholders. They are dated January 1, 2019, and mature on January 1, 2024, with interest received on December 31 of each year. Roosevelt's business model is to hold these bonds to collect contractual cash flows.
Instructions:
a. Prepare the journal entry for the bond purchase on the date.
b. Prepare a bond amortization schedule.
c. Prepare the journal entry to record the interest received and the amortization for 2019.
d. Prepare the journal entry to record the interest received and the amortization for 2020.
E17.4 (LO1) - Debt Investments
Assuming the same information as in E17.3, except that Roosevelt has an active trading strategy for these bonds. The fair value of the bonds at the end of each year is as follows:
2019 - $534,200
2020 - $515,000
2021 - $513,000
2022 - $517,000
2023 - $500,000
Instructions:
a. Prepare the journal entry for the bond purchase on the date.
b. Prepare the journal entries to record the interest received and recognition of fair value for 2019.
c. Prepare the journal entry to record the recognition of fair value for 2020.
d. Discuss how the response to (c) will be different assuming Roosevelt has a strategy of held-for-collection and selling.