When a business takes long-term loan, an accountant will prepare amortization schedule of this loan with showing payments and interest expenses over the term of the loan.
Paid principal and interest expenses for the first year.
Long term notes payable
Mortgages payable
A mortgage payable is the long-term debt of a property owner to pay a loan that is secured by property.
This loan is almost same with notes payable. The only difference is that mortgage payable are secured with the asset unless borrowers pay off all his loan.
Nowadays individuals (families) or companies can get mortgage loan from banks.
A mortgage borrower should pay the mortgage payment monthly basis.
Let’s count mortgage loan and interest expense for the first month. On April 20, 2019, principal payment for first month would be:
70 000$/10years/12months=583,3$
Interest expense for first month:
70 000$*10%*1/12=583,3$
Journal entry:
Mortgage payable 583,3$
Interest expense 583,3$
Cash 1 166,6$
Recording mortgage payment
Bonds payable
Bonds payable- long term debt account which contains the amount owed to bond holders by the issuer.
Face value – amount of money a borrower must pay back to the bondholders at the end.
Bonds payable
Types of bond
Treasury bonds – issued by the U.S. government are generally called treasuries. It has highest level of security.
Municipal bonds – issued by state and local governments to fund the construction of schools, housing, highways and other important infrastructure projects.
Corporate bonds – issued by the corporations to fund a large capital investment and a business expansion. It has the higher risk.
Types of bond
Bond price
A bond can be issued at any price agreed upon by the issuer and the bondholders.
A bond may have 3 types of price.
- Face value
- discount on bonds payable
This is a price which issue price is less than face value.
Imagine the same Hotel issues 100$ of 10%, 3 year bonds at 98%. But at this moment market interest rate is higher. That’s why we assume that company receives only 98% from the 100$.
When the stated rate is larger than market rate, company can sell the bond for premium price. Demand is higher for this bond. Therefore company can make some additional money through issuing this bond. The same BBB company issued 100$ bond payable with 10% for 3 years. We assume that market rate is 9% and company receives 105$ from bondholders.
Retirement of bond payable – paying the face value of the bond.
Bonds usually can be retired at the maturity date.
The BBB company after 3 years must pay 100$ face value to the bondholders (we assume that all interest expenses has been paid already) and transaction will be as below: