Bonds of affiliate purchased from non-affiliate: When an affiliate of issuer later acquires bonds from unrelated party, the bonds are retired at the time of purchase. The bonds are not held outside the consolidated entity. Once another company within the consolidated entity purchases them, it must be treated as repurchase by debtor. Acquisition of an affiliate’s bonds by another company with in affiliated entities is referred as constructive retirement. Although bonds are not actually retired.
When constructive retirement occurs, the consolidated income statement reports gain or loss based on difference between carrying value and purchase price paid by affiliate to acquire it. And it is not reported in consolidated balance sheet either as bond payable or as investment because the bonds are no longer outstanding.
To explain : The effect on income assigned to the controlling interest in the consolidated income statement when parent purchases subsidiary bonds from nonaffiliated for more than book value.
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ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IA
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- A parent company buys bonds on the open market that had been previously issued by its subsidiary. The price paid by the parent is less than the carrying amount of the bonds on the subsidiary’s records. How should the parent report the difference between the price paid and the carrying amount of the bonds on its consolidated financial statements? As a loss on retirement of the bonds. As a gain on retirement of the bonds. As an increase to interest expense over the remaining life of the bonds. Because the bonds now represent intra-entity debt, the difference is not reported.arrow_forward5. A gain or loss may arise from which of the following? a. The initial recognition of the debt and equity components of a compound financial instrument. b. The purchase, sale, issue or cancellation of the entity's own equity instruments. c. The conversion of bonds into the entity's own equity instrument. d. The settlement of a liability at an amount below or avo its carrying amount.arrow_forward5. A gain or loss may arise from which of the following? a. The initial recognition of the debt and equity components of a compound financial instrument. b. The purchase, sale, issue or cancellation of the entity's own equity instruments. c. The conversion of bonds into the entity's own equity instrument. d. The settlement of a liability at an amount below or above its carrying amount. NOT FOR SALE! StuDOcucom respective authors.arrow_forward
- The motivation of a parent company to purchase the outstanding bonds of a subsidiary could be to: a. replace the existing debt with new debt at a lower interest rate. b. reduce the parent company's acquisition price for the subsidiary. c. increase the parent company's ownership percentage in the subsidiary. d. create interest revenue to offset interest expense in future income statements.arrow_forwardIf a company invests in the debt instrument of another entity, any premium or discount is: Select one: a. included in other comprehensive income and amortized over the life of the instrument. b. included in the carrying value of the instrument and not amortized. c. amortized as part of interest income over the life of the instrument. d. immediately expensed to income.arrow_forwardHow is the Non-Controlling Interest displayed in a consolidated balance sheet? a. As a separate item in the stockholder’s equity section b. By means of a note to consolidated financial statements c. As a separate item between the liabilities and stockholder’s equity d. As a deduction from goodwill, if any e. Non-controlling interest is never presented in consolidated balance sheet.arrow_forward
- Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And AnalysisAccountingISBN:9781337788281Author:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald PagachPublisher:Cengage Learning
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