Jamona corporation journal entries


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Jamona Corporation

On January 1, 2006, Jamona Corp. purchased 12% bonds, having a maturity value of $300,000, for $322,744.44. The bonds provide the bondholders with a 10% yield. They are dated January 1, 2006, and mature January 1, 2011, with interest receivable December 31 of each year. The company uses the effective-interest method to allocate unamortized discount or premium. The bonds are classified as available-for-sale. The fair value of the bonds at December 31 of each year is as follows:

o    2006 – $320,500
o    2007 – $309,000
o    2008 – $308,000
o    2009 – $310,000
o    2010 – $300,000

The following information is available from Jamona’s inventory records:

 

Units

Unit Cost

January 1, 2007 (beginning inventory)

600

$ 8.00

Purchases:

 

 

January 5, 2007

1,200

9.00

January 25, 2007

1,300

10.00

February 16, 2007

800

11.00

March 26, 2007

600

12.00


A physical inventory on March 31, 2007, shows 1,600 units on hand. Select any one of the inventory methods (LIFO, FIFO, Average Cost, or others).

o  On July 6, Jamona Corp. acquired the plant assets of Berry Company, which had discontinued operations. The appraised value of the property is:

Land

$ 400,000

Building

1,200,000

Machinery and equipment

800,000

Total

$2,400,000


Jamona Corp. gave 12,500 shares of its $100 per value common stock in exchange. The stock had a market value of $168 per share on the date of the purchase of the property.

Jamona Corp. expended the following amounts in cash between July 6 and December 15, the date when it first occupied the building.

Repairs to building

$105,000

Construction of bases for machinery to be installed later

135,000

Driveways and parking lots

122,000

Remodeling of office space in building

161,000

Special assessment by city on land

18,000


On December 20, the company paid cash for machinery, $260,000, subject to a 2% cash discount, and freight on machinery of $10,500.

On January 1, 2007, Jamona Corp. signed a 5-year, noncancelable lease for a machine. The terms of the lease called for Jamona to make annual payments of $8,668 at the beginning of each year, starting January 1, 2007. The machine has an estimated useful life of 6 years and a $5,000 unguaranteed residual value. The machine reverts to the lessor at the end of the lease term. Jamona uses the straight-line method of depreciation for all of its plant assets. Jamona’s incremental borrowing rate is 10%, and the lessor’s implicit rate is unknown.

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