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Accounting Exam 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An advantage of bond financing | bonds do not affect owners control, interest on bond is tax deductible, bonds can increase return on equity, it allows firms to trade on the equity |
| Promissory notes that require the issuer to make a series of payments consisting of both interest and principal are | installment notes |
| The effective interest amortization method | allocates bond interest expense using a constant interest rate |
| A company may reitire bonds by | Exercising a call option, the holders converting them to stock, purchasing the bonds on the open market, paying them off at maturity |
| A discount on bonds payable: | Occurs when a company issues bonds with a contafct rate less than the market rate. |
| Amortizing a bond discount: | Allocates a part of the total discount to each interest period |
| Bonds owned by investors whose names and addresses are recorded by the issuing company, and for which interest payments are made with checks to the bondholders, are called: | Registered bonds |
| The contract rate of interest is also called the: | Coupon rate, stated rate, or nominal ratee |
| A company retires its bonds at 105. The carying value of the bonds at the retirement date is $103, 645. The issuer's journal entry to record the retirement will include: | Debit to Premium on Bonds |
| Bonds that have interest coupons attached to their certificates, which the bondholders detach during each interest perid and present to bank for collection are called: | Coupon bonds |
| The market value of a bond is equal to: | The present value of all future cash payments provided by a bond. |
| Installment notes payable that require periodic payments of accrued interest plus equal amounts of principal result in: | Periodic total payments that gradually decrease in amount. |
| Bonds with a par value of less than $1000 are known as: | Baby Bonds |
| A disadvantage of bonds is that |