Mills Corporation acquired as an investment $250 million of 6% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2021. Company managelliethe bonds in its trading portfolio. The market interest rate (yield) was 4% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $300 millionfor the bonds. The company will receive interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. As a result of changing marketconditions, the fair value of the bonds at December 31, 2021. was $275 milion.Required:1.&2 Prepare the journal entry to record Mils' investment in the bonds on July 1, 2021 and interest on December 31, 2021, at theeffective (market) rate.3. Prepare the journal entry by Mils to record any fair value adjustment necessary for the year ended December 31, 2021.4. Suppose Moody's bond rating agency upgraded the risk rating of the bonds, and Mills decided to sell the investment on January 2,2022, for $312 million. Prepare the journal entries required on the date of sale

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Chapter14: Financing Liabilities: Bonds And Long-term Notes Payable

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During 2021, Anthony Company purchased debt securities as a long-term investment and classified them as trading. All securities were purchased at par value. Pertinent data are as follows: The net holding gain or loss included in Anthonys income statement for the year should be: a. 0 b. 3,000 gain c. 9,000 loss d. 12,000 loss
Parilo Company acquired 170,000 of Makofske Co., 5% bonds on May 1, 2016, at their face amount. Interest is paid semiannually on May 1 and November 1. On November 1, 2016, Parilo Company sold 50,000 of the bonds for 96. Journalize entries to record the following: a. The initial acquisition of the bonds on May 1. b. The semiannual interest received on November 1. c. The sale of the bonds on November 1. d. The accrual of 1,000 interest on December 31, 2016.
On January 1, 2019, Brewster Company issued 2,000 of its 5-year, 1,000 face value, 11% bonds dated January 1 at an effective annual interest rate (yield) of 9%. Brewster uses the effective interest method of amortization. On December 31, 2023, Brewster extinguished the 2,000 bonds early through acquisition in the open market for 1,980,000. On July 1, 2022, Brewster issued 5,000 of its 6-year, 1,000 face value, 10% convertible bonds dated July 1 at an effective annual interest rate (yield) of 12%. The bonds are convertible at the option of the investor into Brewsters common stock at a ratio of 10 shares of common stock for each bond. Brewster uses the effective interest method of amortization. On July 1, 2023, an investor in Brewsters convertible bonds tendered 1,500 bonds for conversion into 15,000 shares of Brewsters common stock, which had a market value of 105 per share at the date of the conversion. Required: 1. Using the information about Brewster, answer the following questions: a. Were the 11% bonds issued at par, at a discount, or at a premium? Why? b. Is the amount of interest expense for the 11% bonds using the effective interest method of amortization higher in the first or second year of the life of the bond issue? Why? 2. Using the information about Brewster, explain the following: a. How is a gain or loss on early extinguishment of debt determined? Does the early extinguishment of the 11% bonds result in a gain or loss? Why? b. How does Brewster report the early extinguishment of the 11% bonds on the 2023 income statement? 3. Based on the information provided about Brewster, answer the following questions: a. Does recording the conversion of the 10% convertible bonds into common stock under the book value method affect net income? What is the rationale for the book value method? b. Does recording the conversion of the 10% convertible bonds into common stock under the market value method affect net income? What is the rationale for the market value method?
Waseca Company had 5 convertible securities outstanding during all of 2019. It paid the appropriate interest (and amortized any related premium or discount using the straight line method) and dividends on each security during 2019. Each of the convertible securities is described in the following table: Additional data: Net income for 2019 totaled 119,460. The weighted average number of common shares outstanding during 2019 was 40,000 shares. No share options or warrants arc outstanding. The effective corporate income tax rate is 30%. Required: 1. Prepare a schedule that lists the impact of the assumed conversion of each convertible security on diluted earnings per share. 2. Prepare a ranking of the order in which each of the convertible securities should be included in diluted earnings per share. 3. Compute basic earnings per share. 4. Compute diluted earnings per share. 5. Indicate the amount(s) of the earnings per share that Waseca would report on its 2019 income statement.
Refer to the information in RE13-5. Assume that on December 31, 2019, the investment in Smith Corporation bonds has a market value of 12,500. Prepare the year-end journal entry to record the unrealized gain or loss.
On July 2, 2018, McGraw Corporation issued 500,000 of convertible bonds. Each 1,000 bond could be converted into 20 shares of the companys 5 par value stock. On July 3, 2020, when the bonds had an unamortized discount of 7,400 and the market value of the McGraw shares was 52 per share, all the bonds were converted into common stock. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entry to record the conversion of the bonds under (a) the book value method and (b) the market value method. 2. Compute the companys debt-to-equity ratio (total liabilities divided by total shareholders equity, as described in Chapter 6) under each alternative. Assume the companys other liabilities are 2 million and shareholders equity before the conversion is 3 million. 3. Assume the company uses IFRS and issued the bonds for 487,500 on July 2, 2018. On this date, it determined that the fair value of each bond was 930 and the fair value of the conversion option was 45 per bond. Prepare the journal entry to record the issuance of the bonds.

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