Bond Flashcards
How to calculate amortization for Bonds?(periodic amortization)
Divide unamortized discount or premium by the number of periods the bounds are outstanding.
Is straight line method for bond amortization under IFRS allowed?
No. GAAP allows straight line method bond amortization but it has not to be material from effective interest method.
What interest do you use to calculate discount or a premium on bond?
Yield or market rate. Multiple by face value of a bond.
What interest do we use to calculate interest on bond?
Stated by bond rate. It does not change as well.
Where do you record interest expense on bonds interest? Where do we record the paid amount plus discount or minus premium?
Interest expense- income statement.
Paid(interest)+discount-premium on balance sheet.
Difference between bond discount and premium.
Discount decreases amount received when borrowing money, buying a bond.
Premiums increased amount received when borrowing money.
Do investors( who are lenders of bonds) record discount or premium on bonds?
No. They record the net bond proceeds.
When recording interest expense on bond what do borrower and investor recognize?
Borrower: expense and reduction discount. Payment is still the same.
Investor: revenue: interest +discount.
What is the difference between straight line method and effective interest rate for bond interest expense?
Straight line method is not GAAP but still allowed. IFRS does not permit s-l method. It gives constant amount for carrying amount of a bond. Effective rate method makes carrying amount of the bond be higher at premium than d-l method and lower than s-l method at discount. Unamortized premium or discount will be bigger under effective interest.
Amortization period for bonds , start day for GAAP and IFRS?
GAAP amortize bond discount or premium over contractual life (when it was sold) of bond.
IFRS amortize bond discount or premium over expected life of bond.
Do we record conversion features for convertible bonds under GAAP?
No. We records the issuance price to bonds with no recognition of conversion feature.
But under IFRS you can. Record bond liability at fair value including the difference for equity part.
The market price of a bond issued at a premium is equal to:
the present value of its principle and the present value of al future interest payments, at the market(effective) interest rate.
What are annuities?
Periodic payments or receipts at regular intervals such as bond interests and lease rental payments.
Present value of $1?
Amount that must be invested now at specific rate so that $1 can be paid or revived in the future like a bond principle
What is lease?
Contractual agreement between lessor, who conveys the right to use real or personal property and a lease, who agrees to pay periodic rents over a specified time.