Chapter 14, Problem 14.12BE

To determine

Early Extinguishment debt

When the debt obligations are retired before its scheduled maturity date, the transactions are referred to as early extinguishment of debt. The debt is paid at the market price of the debt and for any difference between the book value of the debt with its market price, the business recognizes the gain or loss on early extinguishment of the debt.

Effective interest rate of amortization bond

Effective interest rate method of amortization is a process of amortizing premium on bond or discount on bond, which allocates the different amount of interest expense in each period of interest payment, but a constant percentage rate.

To Prepare: The Journal entry to record the redemption of bonds.