On January 1, 2018, Surreal Manufacturing issued 590 bonds, each with a face value of $1,000, a stated interest rate of 3 percent paid annually on December 31, and a maturity date of December 31, 2020. On the issue date, the market interest rate was 4 percent, so the total proceeds from the bond issue were $573,629. Surreal uses the effective-interest bond amortization method and adjusts for any rounding errors when recording interest in the final year.

Required:

1. 1. Prepare a bond amortization schedule.

2. 2-5. Prepare the journal entries to record the bond issue, the interest payments on December 31, 2018 and 2019, the interest and face value payment on December 31, 2020 and the bond retirement. Assume the bonds are retired on January 1, 2020, at a price of 103.

Req 1 Req 2 to 5 Prepare a bond amortization schedule. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar. Make sure that the Carry face value of the bond in the last period. Interest expense in the last period will result in the amount in Discount equaling Discount on Bonds Payable.) Period Ended Changes During the Period Interest Discount Cash Paid Expense Amortized 01/01/18 Ending Bond Liability Balances Discount on Bonds Payable Bonds Payable Carrying Value $ 590,000 $ 16,371 $ 573,629 590,000 590,000 590,000 590,000 590,000 590,000 12/31/18 573,629 573,629 12/31/19 0 12/31/20 0