A Discount on Bonds Payable Occurs When a Company Issues

question 121

True/False

A discount on bonds payable occurs when a company issues bonds with an issue price less than par value.

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Definitions:

Reversing Entries

Journal entries made at the beginning of an accounting period to reverse or cancel out adjusting entries made at the end of the previous period.

Adjusting Entries

Bookkeeping adjustments made before the preparation of financial statements to account for accruals and deferrals not recorded through daily transactions.

Optional

Optional refers to a choice or item that is not mandatory and can be selected based on preference or requirement.

Adjusting Entries

These are journal entries made in accounting at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditures to the period in which they actually occurred.