Bond issue price and premium amortization. On January 1,2015, Piper Co. issued ten-year bonds with a face value of $3,000,000 and a stated interest rate of 10%, payable semiannually of June 30 and December 31. The bonds were sold to yield 12%. Table values are: Present value of 1 for 10 periods at 10% .386 Present value of 1 for 10 periods at 12% .322 Present value of 1 for 20 periods at 5% .377 Present value of 1 for 20 periods at 6% .312 Present value of annuity for 10 periods at 10% 6.145 Present value of annuity for 10 periods at 12% 5.650 Present value of annuity for 20 periods at 5% 12.462 Present value of annuity for 20 periods at 6% 11.470 (A) Calculate the issue price of the bonds? (B) Without prejudice to your solution in part (A), assume that the issue price was $2,652,000. Prepare the amortization table for 2015, assuming that amortization is recorded on interest payment dates using the effective-interest method