Corporate Bonds

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Question: please please help!! in this bond financial question?

2-a corporate bond with an original maturity of 10 years and a face value of $1000000. it has a coupon rate of 7%, annual payments, and seven years to maturity. current yields on bonds of similar risk are 6.75%. value this bond.

Answer: $1,114,000. It sells at a premium because it has a higher interest rate..

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Question: purchased interest on bonds?

when a corporate bond is bought you are also paying for the accrual up to that date and then it is refunded or paid back to you on the the day of the interest payment. How is this treated on the 1040.

Answer: You need to match the interest paid against what you received. If you buy a bond in July and pay accrued interest, then when you get an interest payment in September (most bonds pay interest twice a year) you would subtract that off on your Schedule B. On the other hand, if you buy a bond in December and don't get an interest payment until the next year, then you carry forward the interest paid to subtract from your interest income in the next year.

Schedule B Interest:

Bond Interest payer 500
Bond interest payer - accrued interest paid -75

You don't net the amounts together because the IRS gets your interest income data from companies and brokers. If you report less interest income than reported to the IRS, your tax information is reviewed. If you list it the way I do, you are much less likely to receive a notice.

I hope this helps.
Gary

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