Question - On January 3, 2016, Twig Corporation retired $10,000,000 of bonds by repurchasing them for $10,200,000 (at 102). Assume that the bond interest payment on December 31, 2015 has been made.
The bonds were 20-year bonds and were issued on January 2, 2007. The bonds provide annual interest payments at 8% (coupon rate) with an effective rate of 6%, payable every December 31 (beginning December 31, 2008). How much was the gain or loss on the retirement of the bonds? Twig uses the effective interest method of amortizing premiums and discounts. (HINT: The proceeds of the bonds were $12,293,984.).