Sectron Co. has a note payable of $480,000 with a 10 percent interest rate due to Prime First Trust on january 1, 2005. Sectron Co. recently experienced financial hardship due to slow sales in the appliance industry. Sectron restructured the note with Prime First Trust, reducing the principal to $400,000, and interest rate to 8 percent, in addition to extending the maturity by three years.

1. Calculate the gain, or loss to Prime First Trust and Sectron CO., if any from restructuring the note. If Sectron does not gain from the restructuring, calculate the effective interest rate after the restructuring.

2. Prepare a schedule of interest and amortization for Prime First Trust and Sectron Co. after the restructuring.

3. Prepare the journal entries Prime First Trust and Sectron Co. would make related to the restructuring for the following.

a. The restructuring agreement.

b. Interest payments for the first, second, and third year after the restructuring.

c. Repayment of principal.

4. Repeat #1-#3, assuming the interest rate was reduced to 6 percent after the restructuring.