Question 3

On January 1, 2018, Carvel Corp. issued five-year bonds with a face value of $480,000 and a coupon interest rate of 6%, with interest payable semi-annually. Assume that the company has a December 31 year-end and records adjusting entries annually.

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(a) Record the journal entries relating to the bonds on January 1, July 1, and December 31, assuming that when the bonds were sold, the market interest rate was 5%. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)

Date	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
Jan 1st
July 1st
Dec 31st