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On june 2'1988, Tory Inc issued $500,000 of 10%, 15 year bonds at par. Interest is payable semianually on june 1 and december 1. Bond issue costs were $6000. On june 2'1993 Troy retired half of the bonds at 98. What is net amount that Troy should use in computing the gain or loss on retirement of debt
a-249000
b-248500
c-248000
d-247000
Ans- is C- 248000
Original CV & ; ;nbs p; 500000
less:Bond issue costs 4000**
Net CV & ; ;nbs p; & ;nbs p; 496000, 50% retired i.e. $ 248000
bond issue costs $ 6000 x 10/15 yrs=4000**
as per my understanding, amortization of bond issue costs should be $6000x5/15=2000
as, bonds are retired after 5 years, so proptionatly amortization should be for 5yrs not 10 years as mentioned in the solution
Appreciate if some one clarify above
thanks
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Bond issue costs are amortized over the life of the debt on a straight line basis. We have already amortized 5 years of the costs, and we should
amortize the remaining 10 years for HALF of the cost remaining. That's why it is 10/15, because we must amortize the remaining cost that has not
already been amortized, but again, only for half of the remaining debt. We will continue to amortize the remaining $2,000 over the life of the
remaining debt.
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to calculate retirement of bonds, we need to calculate CV.
CV of the bonds is Original CV less unamortized portion of bond issue costs - that is for 10 years as 5 already amortized.
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You subtract the UNAMORTIZED bond issue cost, not the
amortized one. The $2000 you calculated is the
amortization, so the unamortized would be 6000-2000 = 4000.
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Thanks jspanders, 1trycpa and FC.CPA
I got it now, thanks for clarifying
tks
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