The accounting for bond premiums is not the mirror image of that for the bond discounts. Pacific Independent School District issued $100 million of general obligation bonds to finance the construction of new schools. The bonds were issued at a premium of $0.6 million. 1. Prepare the capital projects fund journal entries to record the issue of the bonds and the transfer of the premium to an appropriate fund.
2. Suppose, instead, that the bonds were issued at a discount of $0.6 million but that the project will still cost $100 million. Prepare the appropriate entries.
a. Contrast the entries in this part with those in part 1.
b. Indicate the options available to the school district, and state how they would affect the entries required of the district.
c. Suppose that the government chose to finance the balance of the project with general revenues. Prepare the appropriate capital projects fund entry.