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Amortisation of Financial Asset

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years ago by MikeLittle.
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  • November 16, 2016 at 8:40 pm #349368
    Punesh
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    Hi Mike,
    Please can you do a lecture on Amortisation Costs Financial assets. I have seen a few lectures but I am not very clear. For example I have a question from BPP course notes

    Financial asset held at amortised cost
    A company purchases a deep discount bond with a par value of $500,000 on 1.1.X1 for proceeds
    of $440,000 with the intention of holding it until the redemption value is received. Annual coupon
    payments of 5% are payable on 31 December. The entity incurred transaction costs of $5,867.
    The bond will be redeemed on 31.12.20X3 at par.
    The effective interest rate on the bond has been calculated at 9.3%.
    Required
    Show the profit or loss impact and carrying amount of the bond for each of the years of the bond’s
    life. (20X1 – 20X3).

    My question is why do we need use the Effective Interest to calculate the interest to put in the P/L account and secondly why do we have to subtract the interest from coupon rate.

    Regards
    Punesh

    November 16, 2016 at 8:45 pm #349373
    MikeLittle
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    We use the effective rate because that is the “true” finance cost

    We deduct the interest paid because the calculation works like this:

    Loan brought forward

    Calculate interest at effective rate

    Deduct actual interest paid

    Add the difference between effective rate less actual amount paid to the figure brought forward

    That increased amount is then the new carried forward figure

    Does that help?

    November 16, 2016 at 11:24 pm #349412
    Punesh
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    Thanks Mike it does help, though, I may come back on this.

    Regards
    Punesh

    November 17, 2016 at 4:29 am #349438
    MikeLittle
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    No worries – come back if you need to

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