Salem Company has outstanding $100 million of 7% bonds, due in 7 years, and callable at 104. The bonds were issued at par and are selling today at a market price of 94. The amortization of a bond discount: A. Increases the carrying value of a bond and increases interest expense. B. Increases the carrying value of a bond and decreases interest expense. C. Decreases the carrying value of a bond and increases interest expense. D. Decreases the carrying value of a bond and decreases interest expense.

Northern Airlines issued 25-year bonds with a maturity value of $3 million. Which statement is true if the bonds were issued at a premium? Select one: a. The effective or yield rate of interest exceeded the coupon rate. b. The effective or yield rate of interest was less than the coupon rate. c. The effective or yield rate of interest was greater than the maturity value of the bonds. d. The cash rate of interest exceeded the coupon rate.

(Bond relationship) Mason, Inc. has two bond issues outstanding, called Series A and Series B, both paying the same annual interest of $80. Series A has a maturity of 12 years, whereas Series B has a maturity of 1 year. a. What would be the value of each of these bonds when the going interest rate is (1) 6 percent, (2) 11 percent, and (3) 14 percent? Assume that there is only one more interest payment to be made on the Series B bonds. b. Why does the longer-term (12-year) bond fluctuate more when interest rates chavoe than does the shorter-term (1-vear) hond?

Jiminy's Cricket Farm issued a bond with 25 years to maturity and a semiannual coupon rate of 4 percent 3 years ago. The bond currently sells for 108 percent of its face value. The company's tax rate is 22 percent. a. What is the pretax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the aftertax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Pretax cost of debt b. Aftertax cost of debt c. Which is more relevant, the pretax or the aftertax cost of debt? Aftertax cost of debt % % Pretax cost of debt

Sandia Corporation issued $2,000,000 worth of callable bonds paying 7% interest. The maturity date for the bonds was in 10 years. A year later, interest rates fell to 5%. The bonds were called and new bonds were sold at the 5% rate. How much did Sandia Corporation save by calling the bonds?

Which statement is true? The carrying amount of the bonds will decrease each year if the bonds were issued at a premium. Total interest expense will increase each year if the bonds are issued at a premium and the effective interest method of amortization is used. Total interest expense will increase each year if the bonds are issued at a discount and the straight-line method of amortization is used. The carrying amount of the bonds will decrease each year if the bonds were issued at a discount.

When bonds are sold at a discount, If the annual straight-line amortization amount is compared to the annual effective interest amortization amount over the life of the bond issue, the annual amount of the straight-line amortization of discount is: A. Higher than the effective interest amount every year. B. Higher than the effective interest amount in the early years and less than the effective interest amount in the later years C. Less than the effective interest amount in the early years and more than the effective Interest amount in the later years. D. Less than the effective interest amount every year.

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