Chapter 15, Problem 15.2AP

(a)

To determine

Bond Issuance: The Company issues the bonds when it needed of long-term debt and for this purpose it calls the public to buy the bond, this whole process is known as bond issuance.

Bond Redemption: Bond redemption refers the payment of bonds to its bondholder is made by the issuer.

Journalizing: It is the process of recording the transactions of an organization in a chronological order. Based on these journal entries recorded, the amounts are posted to the relevant ledger accounts.

Accounting rules for journal entries:

• To increase balance of the account: Debit assets, expenses, losses and credit all liabilities, capital, revenue and gains.
• To decrease balance of the account: Credit assets, expenses, losses and debit all liabilities, capital, revenue and gains.

To prepare: The journal entry of the bond issuance.

(b)

To determine

To prepare: the balance sheet of the amortization of discount of bond.

(c)

To determine

To prepare: the journal entry of redemption of the bonds.