Purse Corporation owns 70 percent of Scarf Companys voting shares. On January 1, 20X3, Scarf sold bonds

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Purse Corporation owns 70 percent of Scarf Company’s voting shares. On January 1, 20X3, Scarf sold bonds with a par value of $600,000 at 98. Purse purchased $400,000 par value of the bonds; the remainder was sold to nonaffiliates. The bonds mature in five years and pay an annual interest rate of 8 percent. Interest is paid semiannually on January 1 and July 1.


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a. What amount of interest expense should be reported in the 20X4 consolidated income statement?

b. Give the journal entries Purse recorded during 20X4 with regard to its investment in Scarf bonds.

c. Give all worksheet consolidation entries needed to remove the effects of the intercorporate bond ownership in preparing consolidated financial statements for 20X4.

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Advanced Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9781265042615

13th International Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Christensen, David M. Cottrell, Cassy Budd

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