At the beginning of his current tax year, David invests $11,550 in original issue U.S. Treasury bonds with a $10,000 face value that mature in exactly 10 years. David receives $820 in interest ($410 every six months) from the Treasury bonds during the current year, and the yield to maturity on the bonds is 6.2 percent. (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)   b. How much interest will he report this year if he does not elect to amortize the bond premium?

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At the beginning of his current tax year, David invests $11,550 in original issue U.S. Treasury bonds with a $10,000 face value that mature in exactly 10 years. David receives $820 in interest ($410 every six months) from the Treasury bonds during the current year, and the yield to maturity on the bonds is 6.2 percent. (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

 

b. How much interest will he report this year if he does not elect to amortize the bond premium?

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