On July 1, 2020, Bramble Ltd., which follows ASPE, issued 1,000 convertible, five-year, $1,000 bonds. Each bond is convertible into 20 common shares at the bondholders option. On the date of issuance, the bonds conversion rights were valued at $54,000. On July 1, 2023, the bonds had a carrying value on Brambles books of $965,000, and the fair market value of the bonds without the convertible option was $971,000.

Assume all the bondholders voluntarily decided to convert their bonds to common shares on July 1, 2023.

QUESTION:

1) Prepare the journal entry to record the conversion.

Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit

Assume instead that Bramble paid the bondholders an incentive of $15,000 to convert their bonds to common shares, and that all the bondholders agreed to convert their bonds to common shares on July 1, 2023. 2) Prepare the journal entry to record the conversion.

Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit