Use the information from BE17.1 but assume the bonds are purchased as an available-for-sale security. Prepare Garfields

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Use the information from BE17.1 but assume the bonds are purchased as an available-for-sale security. Prepare Garfield’s journal entries for

(a) The purchase of the investment,

(b) The receipt of annual interest and discount amortization,

(c) The year-end fair value adjustment. (Assume a zero balance in the Fair Value Adjustment account.) The bonds have a year-end fair value of $75,500.


In BE17.1

Garfield Company purchased, on January 1, 2020, as a held-to-maturity investment, $80,000 of the 9%, 5-year bonds of Chester Corporation for $74,086, which provides an 11% return. Prepare Garfield’s journal entries for (a) the purchase of the investment, and (b) the receipt of annual interest and discount amortization. Assume effective-interest amortization is used.

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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-1119503668

17th edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfiel

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