Bonds & Debt Restructuring

Question 1

What is a serial bond?

Answer 1

Any bond that matures in installments

Question 2

What is a term bond?

Answer 2

Any bond that matures on a single date

Question 3

What is debenture bond?

Answer 3

A bond not secured by any collateral

Question 4

What is a sinking fund bond?

Answer 4

Cash is held in a sinking fund for repayment of bond at maturity
5 years of requirements and maturity details should be disclosed

Question 5

What is the formula to calculate proceeds of a bond sale?

Answer 5

Present value of the principal payment at maturity
+ Present value of Interest Payments made
: Market Value of Bond Proceeds

Question 6

How is the present value of a bond calculated?

Answer 6

Step 1: PV of $1 @ Yield Rate (not stated rate)
(x) Bond Face Value
+
Step 2: PV of an Ordinary Annuity of $1 for Term @ Yield (x) (Stated Rate x Face)

Question 7

Which costs are included in bond issuance costs? How are they recorded?

Answer 7

Include Engraving; Printing; Legal; Underwriter; Registration

New Way: Subtracted from Carrying Amount of the Bond
Old Way: Amortized
Treatment: Retrospective Treatment to all prior periods presented
Effect: Increases Effective Interest Rate

Question 8

How are bonds reported when classified as trading securities?

Answer 8

Reported at FMV with unrealized gains and losses being included in earnings.

Question 9

How are bonds amortized under the interest method?

Answer 9

Both discount and premium amortization amounts increase each year

Question 10

Describe the book value method when converting from bonds to stocks.

Answer 10

No gain or loss is recognized

APIC is the plug for the difference between the Bond’s Book Value and the Par Value of the Common Stock

Question 11

What is the stated rate for a bond?

Answer 11

Rate on the face of the bond

Question 12

What is the market rate on a bond?

Answer 12

Rate that bonds are currently selling for

Question 13

What happens when the bond’s market rate is greater than the stated rate?

Answer 13

Bond will need to sell at a discount in order for buyers to be interested. The difference in market rate vs. the stated is made up by the buyer purchasing the bond for less than par value.

Question 14

What happens when a bond’s market rate is less than the stated rate?

Answer 14

Bond will need to sell at a premium in order for buyers to be interested. The difference in market rate vs. the stated is made up by the buyer purchasing the bond for more than par value.

Question 15

How does accrued interest on a bond affect the purchase price?

Answer 15

The total cash that seller receives will be MORE than they normally would (set aside any considerations for premium or discount; they are irrelevant for this point).

Basically; the purchaser of the bonds must give the bond issuer the amount of accrued interest up front.

Question 16

When does interest expense start accruing on a bond?

Answer 16

When the bonds are issued

Question 17

How is an interest payment on a bond calculated?

Answer 17

Cash for payment: Stated rate (x) Face Amount

Question 18

What amount of interest is expensed on a bond interest payment?

Answer 18

Interest expense: effective yield (x) carrying value

Any difference between expense and cash payment is applied as amortization against premium/discount.

Question 19

What are convertible bonds? Which recording method is used?

Answer 19

Bonds that can be converted to stock

Book value method used if no gain or loss

Market value method used if there is a gain or loss

Question 20

How is the retirement of bonds recorded?

Answer 20

Gain or Loss is Ordinary

Extraordinary if both unusual and infrequent

Question 21

When is a gain recognized in a debt restructuring?

Answer 21

If terms are modified; and future payments are now less than the carrying amounts of the debt; then a Gain is recognized

Question 22

What is the gain recognized under a settlement of debt?

Answer 22

Gain recognized:

Difference between cash paid and carrying amount of debt

Difference between non-cash asset given and re-valued at FMV and debt carrying amount

Question 23

For a creditor; how is a loan impairment recorded?

Answer 23

Effective Rate calculated using original rate; not modified rate