On May 1, 2021, Green Corporation issued $3,000,000 of 8% bonds, dated January 1, 2021, for $2,760,000 plus accrued interest. The market rate of interest was 9%. The bonds pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. Green's fiscal year ends on December 31 each year. Required: 1. Determine the amount of accrued interest that was included in the proceeds received from the bond sale. 2. Prepare the journal entry for the issuance of the bonds.

In a fixed-term, level-payment reverse mortgage, sometimes called a reverse annuity mortgage, or ram, a lender agrees to pay the homeowner a monthly payment, or annuity, and expects to be repaid from the homeowner’s equity when he or she sells the home or obtains other financing to pay off the ram. consider a household that owns a $150,000 home free and clear of mortgage debt. the ram lender agrees to a $100,000 ram for 10 years at 6 percent. assume payments are made annually, at the beginning of each year to the homeowner. calculate the annual payment on the ram.