Question - Preparing a Debt Payment Schedule with Effective-Interest Method of Amortization and Determining Reported Amounts
Hermenegildo Industries issued a $20,000, three-year, five percent bond on January 1, 2014. The bond interest is paid each December 31. The bond was sold to yield four percent.
Required:
1. Complete a bond amortization schedule. Use the effective-interest method.
2. What amounts will be reported on the income statement and balance sheet at the end of 2014, 2015, and 2016?