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Retiring bonds payable [5-10 min]Oldcity, Corp., has $1,750,000 of callable bonds payable...

Retiring bonds payable [5-10 min]

Oldcity, Corp., has $1,750,000 of callable bonds payable outstanding, with a bond premium of $35,000 on May 31, 2012, immediately after an interest payment. Oldcity decides to retire the bonds when the call price is 105 and the market price is 103.

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1. What is Oldcity’s carrying amount of its callable bonds payable prior to the retirement?


2. Journalize Oldcity’s retirement of the bonds payable. No explanation is required.

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