On January 1, Year 1, Bryson Company obtained a $39,000, four-year, 10% installment note from Campbell Bank. The note requires annual payments of $12,303, beginning on December 31, Year 1.

a. Prepare an amortization table for this installment note, similar to the one presented in Exhibit 4.

Note: Round the computation of the interest expense to the nearest whole dollar. Enter all amounts as positive numbers. In Year 4, round the amount in the Decrease in Notes Payable column either up or down to ensure that the Carrying Amount zeroes out.

Amortization of Installment Notes
Year Ending December 31	January 1 Carrying Amount			Note Payment (Cash Paid)			Interest Expense (10% of January 1 Note Carrying Amount)					Decrease in Notes Payable			December 31 Carrying Amount
Year 1	$			$			$					$			$
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4															0
				$			$					$

b. Journalize the entries for the issuance of the note and the four annual note payments.

Note: For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. For the Year 4 entry (due to rounding), adjust Notes Payable up or down to ensure that debits equal credits.

Year 1 Jan. 1
Year 1 Dec. 31
Year 2 Dec. 31
Year 3 Dec. 31
Year 4 Dec. 31

c. How will the annual note payment be reported in the Year 1 income statement? of $ would be reported on the income statement.