On January $1,2025,$ Novak Corporation issued $$550,000$ of $7\%$ bonds, due in $8$ years. The bonds were issued for $$517,956,$ and pay interest each July $1$ and January $1.$ Novak uses the effective$-$interest method.

Prepare the company's journal entries for $($a$)$ the January $1$ issuance, $($b$)$ the July $1$ interest payment, and $($c$)$ the December $31$ adjusting entry. Assume an effective$-$interest rate of $8\%.($Round answers to $0$ decimal places, e$.$g$.38,548.$ If no entry is required, select $"$No Entry" for the account titles and enter $0$ for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. List all debit entries before credit entries.$)$

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Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Cred

$($a$)$

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$($b$)$

$$

$$

$$

$$

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$$

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$($c$)$

$$

$$

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