A company retired $75 million of its 9% bonds at 102 ($76.5 million) before their scheduled maturity. At the time, the bonds had a remaining discount of $2 million. Prepare the journal entry to record the redemption of the bonds. (Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5). If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) No 1 Event 1 Answer is complete but not entirely correct. General Journal Bonds payable Loss on early extinguishment Discount on bonds payable Cash Debit 75,000,000.00 3,500,000.0 Credit 2,000,000.0 76,500,000.00
A company retired $75 million of its 9% bonds at 102 ($76.5 million) before their scheduled maturity. At the time, the bonds had a remaining discount of $2 million. Prepare the journal entry to record the redemption of the bonds. (Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5). If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) No 1 Event 1 Answer is complete but not entirely correct. General Journal Bonds payable Loss on early extinguishment Discount on bonds payable Cash Debit 75,000,000.00 3,500,000.0 Credit 2,000,000.0 76,500,000.00
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Transcribed Image Text:A company retired $75 million of its 9% bonds at 102 ($76.5 million) before their scheduled maturity. At the time, the bonds had a
remaining discount of $2 million.
Prepare the journal entry to record the redemption of the bonds. (Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e..
5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5). If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first
account field.)
No
1
Event
1
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
General Journal
Bonds payable
Loss on early extinguishment
Discount on bonds payable
Cash
Debit
75,000,000.0x
3,500,000.0
Credit
2,000,000.0
76,500,000.0
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