Long-Term Liabilities

Bond Types

  • corporate: issued by private and public companies

  • Municipal: issued by governmental entities

  • secured: supported by a lien on specific assets where bondholders have first claim on the secured assets.

  • debenture: backed only by issuer’s credit where bondholders are general creditors

  • term: mature (pays principal) on a single, specified date

  • serial: mature (pays principal) on several installment dates.

  • callable (Redeemable): subject to early redemption at the option of the issuer

  • Convertible: convertible to equity securities at the option of the bondholders

Account type:

  •     Equity

    • Paid-in Capital -Stock Warrants

    • Interest Expense

    • Unrealized Gain or Loss-Income

    • Unrealized Gain or Loss-OCI

    • Gain on Redemption of Bonds

    • Debt Conversion Expense

    • Gain on Extinguishment of Bonds

  • Liability

    • Discount on Bonds Payable

    • Premium on Bonds Payable

    • Bonds Payable

    • Note Payable

    • Interest Payable

    • Mortgage Payable

Financial Statement Classification

  • Balance Sheet

    • Paid-in Capital-Stock Warrants

    • Discount of Bonds Payable

    • Premium on Bonds Payable

    • Bond Payable

    • Note Payable

    • Interest Payable

    • Mortgage Payable

  • Face Value (also called maturity value, principal amount, par or stated value): Amount due at bond’s maturity date

installment payment formula: