Question #1
On January 1, 2019, Farmer Co. sold product to a customer in
exchange for a four-year $50,000 promissory note with an annual
interest rate of 4%. Interest only payments are
due SEMI-ANNUALLY, beginning on June 30, 2019. The
market rate for an equivalent loan to this customer would have been
6%*.
Farmer Co. uses IFRS, has a Dec 31 year end, and prepares
adjusting entries annually.
Required:
- Calculate the amount of revenue to be recorded on January
1st 2019 by Farmer Co for the sale of the product.
- Calculate using the present value tables in the textbook.
- Calculate using EXCEL “PV” formula. Copy your Excel formula to
another cell as text so it can be viewed (put ‘ in front of it for
text.) (Remember that the payment and the future value must be
negative.)
- Prepare the journal entries for Farmer Co. at Jan 1, 2019, June
30, 2019, and Dec 31, 2019. (Show all calculations.)
- Prepare the note amortization schedule. Be sure to show the all
the semi-annual interest payments and the payment of the note on
Jan 1, 2023.