Bonds sold at a premium - Irving Inc. sold bonds with a $50,000, 10% interest, and 10-year term at $52,000. What is the total amount of interest expense over the life of the bonds?

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Bonds sold at a premium - Irving Inc. sold bonds with a $50,000, 10% interest, and 10-year term at $52,000. What is the total amount of interest expense over the life of the bonds?

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Bonds payable are financial instruments. It representing a company’s commitment to pay back a specified sum to the owner of the instrument in a specified time. Company also needs to pay periodic interest over the life of the bond.

The time span in which a company has to pay back the principal called term of the bond.

A bond is a formal contract that requires the issuing corporation to pay the bondholders

  1. Interest every six months as per stated interest rate, and

  2. The principal amount on the bond's maturity date.

There are two advantages of issuing bonds than raising money from common stock.

  1. Bonds holders are not entitled for ownership interest.

  2. Bonds are lower cost instrument.

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