Coffman Company sold bonds with a face value of $985,000 for $594,994. The bonds have a coupon rate of 2 percent, mature in 7 years, and pay interest semiannually every June 30 and December 31. All of the bonds were sold on January 1 of this year. Using a discount account, record the sale of the bonds on January 1 and the payment of interest on June 30 of this year. Coffman uses the effective-interest amortization method. Assume an annual market rate of interest of 10 percent.

a) Record the sale of the bonds on January 1st

b) Record the payment of interest on June 30th using effective interest amortization