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General Host; Accounting for a Bond Refunding Essay

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Year | 5% Bonds | 11% Bonds | 1975 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1976 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1977 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1978 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1979 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1980 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1981 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1982 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1983 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1984 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1985 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1986 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1987 | $1.695 | $2.233 | 1988 | $35.595* | $22.533* |
*Face value and interest
(In millions) 1. $33.9 million (Face value) X 5% (Coupon rate) = $1,695,000

2. $20.3 million (Face value) X 11% (Coupon rate) = $2,233,000

3. Assume that 11% is the market rate of interest in on January 1, 1975. Compute the present value at January 1, 1975 of all payments that will be made on …show more content…

1. Show the journal entry to record the sale of the new 11% bonds.

Cash $20.3 million Bonds payable $20.3 million

2. If 11% is the market rate, what would the repurchase of the 5% bonds have cost General Host?

Principle $33.9 million, Interest $1.695 million, N 14, Rate 11% => $19,698,886 ≈ $19.7 million
Repurchasing value: $19.7 million

3. Prepare the journal entry that would reflect the cash purchase of the 5% bonds.

Bonds payable $33.9 million Cash $19.7 million Gain $14.2 million

4. Compare the two transactions in (1) and (3) above with the exchange described in the article and summarized in the journal entry you prepared for part I. 5. How are they similar? How are they different? It appears that the author believes that recognition of a gain would be appropriate for the cash transaction, but not for the exchange. Do you agree? Why?

One similar thing is both exchanged bonds and repurchased bonds have a gain on journal entries. However, the amount of gain is different. Exchanged bonds have $13.6 million in gain but repurchased bonds have $14.2 million. Repurchased bonds have $600,000 more in gain. I do not agree with the author because the gain on General Host’s income statement is not a cash transaction. It is just a gain from exchanging their bonds for stocks to pay off a company’s liabilities.
V. General Analysis 1. Why do you think the managers of General Host offered the bond exchange? Do you

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