A company issues 8% bonds with a par value of $40,000 at par on January 1. The market rate on the date of issuance was 7%. The bonds pay interest semiannually on January 1 and July 1. The cash paid on July 1 to the bond holder(s) is:

Estimated liabilities commonly arise from all of the following except:

A basic present value concept is that cash paid or received in the future has less value now than the same amount of cash today.

The full disclosure principle requires the reporting of contingent liabilities that are reasonably possible.

An estimated liability:

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Martin Company purchases a machine at the beginning of the year at a cost of $60,000. The machine is depreciated using the straight-line method. The machine’s useful life is estimated to be 4 years with a $5,000 salvage value. The book value of the machine at the end of year 4 is:

A company borrows $10,000 and issues a 5-year, 6% installment note with interest payable annually. The factor for the present value of an annuity at 6% for 5 years is 4.2124. The factor for the present value of a single sum at 6% for 5 years is 0.7473. The amount of the annual payment is $2,373.94.

Saffron Industries most recent balance sheet reports total assets of $42,000,000, total liabilities of $16,000,000 and stockholders’ equity of $26,000,000. Management is considering using $3,000,000 of excess cash to prepay $3,000,000 of outstanding bonds. What effect, if any, would prepaying the bonds have on the company’s debt-to-equity ratio?

Marlow Company purchased a point of sale system on January 1 for $3,400. This system has a useful life of 10 years and a salvage value of $400. What would be the accumulated depreciation at the end of the second year of its useful life using the double-declining-balance method?