On January 1, 2017, MM Co. borrows $350,000 cash from a bank and in return signs an 4% installment note for five annual payments of $78,619 each, with the first payment due one year after the note is signed Required:
a. Prepare the journal entry to record issuance of the note.
b. For the first $96,590 annual payment at December 31, 2017, what amount goes toward interest expense? What amount goes toward principal reduction of the note?

a. Journal entry to record the issue of notes

Date           Account Title & Explanation   Debit $        Credit $

Jan 1          Cash                                           350,000

                 Notes Payable                                                350,000

                  (To record the issue of notes payable)

b. Calculation of Interest Expenses

                      Particulars                           Amount $

Beginning balance of loan payment         350,000

Annual interest rate                                          4%

Interest expenses                                         14,000

Hence the interest expenses = $14,000

Principal amount is calculated as the difference between the annual payment and the interest expenses as seen below

                   Particulars                           Amount $

Annual payment                                      96,590

Less: Interest expenses                          14,000

Principal Payment                                  82,590

Hence, the principal payment =$82,590