A company issued 5-year,7% bonds with a par value of $100,000.The market rate when the bonds were issued was 6.5%.The company received $102,105 cash for the bonds.Using the effective interest method,the amount of recorded interest expense for the first semiannual interest period is:
A)$3,500.00.
B)$7,000.00.
C)$3,318.41.
D)$6,573.90.
E)$1,750.00.

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First, we need to calculate the bond's interest payments per period. 
The coupon rate is 7%, so the annual interest payment is $100,000 x 7% = $7,000. 
Dividing that by 2 (since the bond pays semiannually), we get $3,500 as the interest payment per period.

Next, we need to determine the bond's effective interest rate. Since the market rate is 6.5% and the coupon rate is 7%, this bond was issued at a premium (meaning its price was higher than its par value). To calculate the effective interest rate, we can use the following formula:

Effective interest rate = (annual interest payments / market value of the bond) x 100%

For this bond, the annual interest payments are $7,000, and the market value (or issue price) is $102,105. Plugging these values into the formula, we get:

Effective interest rate = ($7,000 / $102,105) x 100% = 6.86%

Now we can use the effective interest method to calculate the interest expense for the first semiannual period. 
First, we'll calculate the bond's interest income using the effective interest rate:

Interest income = carrying value of the bond x effective interest rate x time

Since this is the first semiannual period, the time value will be 0.5 years. To calculate the carrying value of the bond, we start with the initial value of $102,105 and subtract the amount of premium amortization for the period:

Carrying value = initial value - premium amortization

Premium amortization = (effective interest rate - coupon rate) x carrying value

For the first semiannual period:

Premium amortization = (6.86% - 7%) x $102,105 = -$98.86

(Note that since the effective interest rate is slightly lower than the coupon rate, this means that the premium amortization is negative - i.e. the carrying value actually increases slightly over the period.)

So the carrying value for the first semiannual period is:

Carrying value = $102,105 - (-$98.86) = $102,203.86

Plugging these values into the interest income formula, we get:

Interest income = $102,203.86 x 6.86% x 0.5 = $3,318.41

Finally, we can calculate the recorded interest expense by subtracting the interest income from the actual interest payment:

Recorded interest expense = interest payment - interest income

Recorded interest expense = $3,500 - $3,318.41 = $181.59

Therefore, the amount of recorded interest expense for the first semiannual interest period is $3,318.41 (choice C).

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