Question

Laverne purchased a new piece of equipment to be used in its new facility. The $ 380,000 piece of equipment was purchased with a $ 57,000 down payment and with cash received through the issuance of a $ 323,000,  8%,  5-year mortgage payable issued on January 1, 2017. The terms provide for annual installment payments of $80,897 on December 31.

Prepare an installment payments schedule for the first five payments of the notes payable. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)

Annual Interest Period	Cash Payment	Interest Expense	Reduction of Principal	Principal Balance
Issue Date
1
2
3
4
5

* Amount may be off due to rounding.

Prepare the journal entry related to the notes payable for December 31, 2017. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

Dec. 31

Show the balance sheet presentation for this obligation for December 31, 2017. (Hint: Be sure to distinguish between the current and long-term portions of the note.) (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)

Partial Balance Sheet (mm/dd/yyyy)
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_____________	$__________
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_____________	$__________

Answer 1

Amortization table

Year	Cash payment	Interest expense	Reduction of Principal	Principal Balance
Issue date				323000
1	80897	25840	55057	267943
2	80897	21435	59462	208481
3	80897	16678	64219	144262
4	80897	11541	69356	74906
5	80897	5991	74906	0

Journal entry

Date	account and explanation	debit	credit
Dec 31,2017	Interest expense	25840
	Mortgage notes payable	55057
	Cash		80897
	(To record installment)

Partial balance sheet

Current liabilities
Mortgage note payable	59462
Long term liabilities
Mortgage note payable	208481
Total liabilities	267943