Ellis Company issues 8.0%, five-year bonds dated January 1,2021, with a $530,000 par value. The...

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Ellis Company issues 8.0%, five-year bonds dated January 1,2021, with a $530,000 par value. The bonds pay interest on June 30 and December 31 and are issued at a price of $575,210. The annual market rate is 6% on the issue date.
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Calculate the total bond interest expense over the bonds' life.
Prepare a straight-line amortization table for the bonds' life.
Prepare the journal entries to record the first two interest payments.
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Prepare a straight-line amortization table for the bonds' life.
Note: Round your intermediate and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.
\table[[\table[[Semiannual Interest],[Period-End]],\table[[Unamortized],[Premium]],Carrying Value],[0101?2021,,],[0630?2021,,],[1231?2021,,],[0630?2022,,],[1231?2022,,],[0630?2023,,],[1231?2023,,],[0630?2024,,],[1231?2024,,],[0630?2025,,],[1231?2025,,]]
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