ACC* - Accounting ACC* M115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Effective Interest Rate, Amortizing Loan, Book Value

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Market / effective rate rate determined from sales & purchases of similar bonds; also affected by investor"s expectations: market > contract, your bond is less attractive bc investor receives less interest. Sold at discount: market = contract, sold at face, market < contract, your bond is more attractive bc investor earns more interest. Price of a bond quoted as a % of the face (par) value. Quoted at 109 transaction occurred at x 1. 09 (percent) May be issued at face, discount, or premium. When issued not at face, the discount / premium is amortized over the life of the bond. All this means is that you"re getting rid of the discount / premium from your books. It ends up evening out: issued at face: price of 100 (say face = 100k, interest rate 12%) 2 methods of amortizing bond discounts: straight-line equal amortization per pd (the one this class teaches, effective interest rate required by gaap.

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