Obligations Law, a law firm, sells $7900000 of four-year, 8% bonds priced to yield 6.6%. The bonds are dated January 1,2021, but due to some regulatory hurdles are not issued until March 1, 2021. Interest is payable on January 1 and July 1 each year. The bonds sell for $8388175 plus accrued interest.

On July 1, 2021 after the interest payment has been made. Obligations Law pays a total of $8432789 to reacquire the bonds and retires them.

Required:

Prepare journal entries to record

1. The issuance of the bonds- assume that Obligations Law has adopted a policy of crediting interest expense for the accrued interest on the date of sale.
2. Payment of interest and related amortization on July 1, 2021
3. Reacquisition and retirement of the bonds.