Use the Present Value and Future Value Tables Included in Appendix

question 44

Multiple Choice

Use the present value and future value tables included in Appendix 8 and on the textbook companion website.
-On January 1, 2012, Santos Hospital issued a $250,000, 10 percent, 5-year bond for $231,601. Interest is payable on June 30 and December 31. Santos uses the effective-interest method to amortize all premiums and discounts. Assuming an effective interest rate of 12 percent, how much interest expense should be recorded on June 30, 2012?

• A) $11,935.14
• B) $12,500.00
• C) $13,896.06
• D) $14,729.82

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Definitions:

Fair Value

The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Goodwill

Represents the intangible asset arising when a company acquires another business for more than the fair value of its net identifiable assets.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used when an investing company holds significant influence over the investee but does not have full control over it, involving the recognition of income on the investment based on the investee’s net income.

Unrealized Profits

Profits that have been earned but not yet realized through a transaction, such as an increase in value of an asset that has not been sold.