Alberto Company issues 8%, 10-year bonds with a par value of $350,000 and semiannual interest payments. On

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Alberto Company issues 8%, 10-year bonds with a of $350,000 and semiannual interest payments. On the issue date, the annual market rate for these bonds is 10%, which implies a selling price of 871⁄2. The straight-line method is used to allocate interest expense.
1. What are the issuer’s cash proceeds from issuance of these bonds?
2. What total amount of bond interest expense will be recognized over the life of these bonds?
3. What is the amount of bond interest expense recorded on the first interest payment date?

Par Value
Par value is the face value of a bond. Par value is important for a bond or fixed-income instrument because it determines its maturity value as well as the dollar value of coupon payments. The market price of a bond may be above or below par,...