Semiannual Payments and Bond Discount On January 1, 2002, Playday Corporation issued $600,000 par value, 12-year bonds with a 16 percent stated interest rate and an effective interest rate of 18 percent. Interest is paid semiannually on June 30 and December 31. Playday Corporation uses the effective-interest method in recording interest expense.

a. Compute the amount Playday Corporation received when the bonds were issued.

b. Prepare a bond interest and amortization table for 2002 and 2003.

c. Prepare the journal entry recorded by Playday Corporation when the bonds were issued.

d. Prepare the journal entries to record the interest payments for 2002 and 2003.