Exercise 15-4 (Algo) Accounting for held-to-maturity debt securities LO P2

Prepare Natura Companys journal entries to record the following transactions involving its short-term investments in held-to-maturity debt securities, all of which occurred during the current year.

a.On June 15, paid $186,000 cash to purchase Remeds 90-day short-term debt securities ($186,000 principal), dated June 15, that pay 6% interest.

b.On September 16, received a check from Remed in payment of the principal and 90 days' interest on the debt securities purchased in transaction a. (Use 360 days in a year. Do not round your intermediate calculations.)