Larkspur, Inc. had outstanding $5,540,000 of 11% bonds (interest payable July 31 and January 31) due in 10 years. On July 1, it issued $8,870,000 of 10%, 15-year bonds (interest payable July 1 and January 1) at 99. A portion of the proceeds was used to call the 11% bonds (with unamortized discount of $55,400) at 101 on August 1.   Prepare the journal entries necessary to record issue of the new bonds and the refunding of the bonds. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 38,548. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)   Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit July 1 (To record issuance of 10% bonds)   August 1 (To record retirement of 11% bonds)

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Larkspur, Inc. had outstanding $5,540,000 of 11% bonds (interest payable July 31 and January 31) due in 10 years. On July 1, it issued $8,870,000 of 10%, 15-year bonds (interest payable July 1 and January 1) at 99. A portion of the proceeds was used to call the 11% bonds (with unamortized discount of $55,400) at 101 on August 1.

 

Prepare the journal entries necessary to record issue of the new bonds and the refunding of the bonds. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 38,548. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

 

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

July 1

(To record issuance of 10% bonds)

 

August 1

(To record retirement of 11% bonds)

 

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Mr. Meyers wishes to know how many shares are necessary to elect 3 directors out of 11 directors up for election in the Austin Power Company. There are 83,000 shares outstanding. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

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