On March 1, 2020, Sandollar Inc. issued $30,000 of bonds at 105, paying 8% cash interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. The bonds are scheduled to mature December 31, 2023. On September 1, 2020, $10,000 of the bonds were retired when the bonds were selling at 89. Assume the straight-line interest method is used to amortize bond discounts and premiums. Required a. Provide the entry for the bond issuance on March 1, 2020. b. Provide the entry for the interest payment on June 30, 2020. c. Provide the entry to recognize interest expense for the portion of the bond issue retired on September 1, 2020. d. Provide the entry to record the bond retirement on September 1, 2020.

Explanation:

From the given information, we can have the following breakdown.

Date                   Account Name                             Dr            Cr

Mar 1 2020        Cash                                          31900      

                          Bond Payable                                              30000      

                          Interest Payable

                          (30000 × 8% × 1/6 months)                            400

                         Premium on Bond Payable

                         (30000 × [105 -100]%)                                      1500

June 30, 2020   Interest  Expense                          670

                           Interest  Payable                           400

                          Premium on Bond payable

                          (1500  × 4/46 months)                    130

                          Cash                                                                 1200

Sept 1, 2020      Interest Expense                             111

                           Premium on bond payable            22

                            Cash                                                                 133

Sept 1, 2020      Bond payable                                 10000

                          Premium on Bond Payable                  435

                          Cash                                                                   8900

                          Gain on Redemption of bonds                         1535

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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