on January 1, 2014 baseline Corp. issued $20,000,000 of 12 %, Twenty-year bonds at 102. the...

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on January 1, 2014 baseline Corp. issued $20,000,000 of 12 %,Twenty-year bonds at 102. the bonds are callable at 105. Intereston the bond is payable annualy. Baseline uses the Stright-linemethod to amortize bond premium or discount. On january1, 2018,Baseline Called 5,000,000 of the issue and retired the bond.

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a) prepare the journal entry to record the issuance of the bondson January 1, 2014

b) prepare the journal entry to record the retirement of thebonds on january 1, 2018.

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All working forms part of the answer Requirement a Working Working Total A Face Value 20000000 B A x 102100 Issue value 20400000 C B A Premium on Bonds payable 400000 Journal Entry Date    See Answer
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