On January 1, 2016, Giant Company issued an 8% callable bond which has a par value of $200,000 for $180,000. The bond is callable at 106 any time after January 1, 2020. One-half of the bond was called back on January 1, 2021 when the unamortized discount had a balance of $4,000. Compute the amount of the gain or loss when the bond was retired on January 1, 2021

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7. On January 1, 2016, Giant Company issued an 8% callable bond which has a par value of $200,000 for $180,000. The bond is callable at 106 any time after January 1, 2020. One-half of the bond was called back on January 1, 2021 when the unamortized discount had a balance of $4,000. Compute the amount of the gain or loss when the bond was retired on January 1, 2021.

 

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