Legacy issues $$710,000$ of $8\mathrm{.}0\%,$ four$-$year bonds dated January $1,2021,$ that pay interest semiannually on June $30$ and December $31.$ They are issued at $$621,812$ when the market rate is $12\%.$

Required:

Prepare the January $1$ journal entry to record the bonds' issuance.

Complete the below table to calculate the total bond interest expense to be recognized over the bonds' life.

Prepare an effective interest amortization table for the bonds' first two years.

Prepare the journal entries to record the first two interest payments.

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Prepare the January $1$ journal entry to record the bonds' issuance.

Journal entry worksheet

$1$

Record the issue of bonds with a par value of $$710,000$ cash on January $1,2021$ at an issue price of $$621,812.$

Note: Enter debits before credits.

$\backslash$table$[[$Date$,$General Journal,Debit,Credit$],[$January $01,,,],[,,,]]$

Required $1$

Complete the below table to calculate the total bond interest expense to be recognized over the bonds' life.

$\backslash$table$[[$Total bond interest expense over life of bonds:$],[$Amount repaid:$],[$payments of$],[$Total repaid$],[$Less amount borrowed$],[$Total bond interest expense$]]$

Required $1$

Required $2$

Required $3$

Required $4$

Prepare an effective interest amortization table for the bonds' first two years,

Note: Round your intermediate and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Semiannual Interest$],[$Period$-$End$]],$Cash Interest Paid,$\backslash$table$[[$Bond Interest$],[$Expense$]],\backslash$table$[[$Discount$],[$Amortization$]],\backslash$table$[[$Unamortized$],[$Discount$]],$Carrying Value$],[01/01/2021,,,,,],[06/30/2021,,,,,],[\frac{12}{31}\frac{?}{2021},,,,,],[\frac{06}{30}\frac{?}{2022},,,,,],[\frac{12}{31}\frac{?}{2022},,,,,]]$

Required $1$

Required $2$

Prepare the journal entries to record the first two interest payments.

$1$ Record the first interest payment on June $30.$

$2$ Record the second interest payment on December $31.$