Discount$-$Mart issues $$10$ million in bonds on January $1,2021.$ The bonds have a ten$-$year term and pay interest semiannually on June $30$ and December $31$ each year. Below is a partial bond amortization schedule for the bonds:

$\backslash$table$[[,,$Interest,Increase in Carrying,$],[$Date$,$Cash Paid,Expense,Value,Carrying Value$],[\frac{01}{01}\frac{?}{2021},,,,$$$8,640,967$