Chapter 10: Long-Term Liabilities
Learning Objectives
- Identify the management issues related to long-term debt.
- Describe the features of a bond issue and the major characteristics of bonds.
- Record bonds issued at face value and at a discount or premium.
- Use present values to determine the value of bonds.
- Amortize bond discounts and bond premiums using the straight-line and effective interest methods.
- Account for the retirement of bonds and the conversion of bonds into stock.
Supplemental Objectives
- Record bonds issued between interest dates and year-end adjustments.