*E17-24 (Cash Flow Hedge) On January 2, 2010, Parton Company issues a 5-year $10,000,000 note at LIBOR, with interest paid annually. The variable rate is reset at the end of each year. The LIBOR rate for the first year is 5.8%. Parton Company decides it prefers fixed-rate financing and wants to lock in a rate of 6%. As a result, Parton enters into an interest rate swap to pay 6% fixed and receive LIBOR based on $10 million. The variable rate is reset to 6.6% on January 2, 2011. Instructions (a) Compute the net interest expense to be reported for this note and related swap transactions as of December 31, 2010. (b) Compute the net interest expense to be reported for this note and related swap transactions as of December 31, 2011. E17-25 (Fair Value Hedge) Sarazan Company issues a 4-year, 7.5% fixed-rate interest only, non- prepayable 1,000,000 note payable on December 31, 2010. It decides to change the interest rate from a fixed rate to variable rate and enters into a swap agreement with M&S Corp. The swap agreement specifies that Sarazan will receive a fixed rate at 7.5% and pay variable with settlement dates that match the interest payments on the debt. Assume that interest rates have declined during 2011 and that Sarazan received 13,000 as an adjustment to interest expense for the settlement at December 31, 2011. The loss related to the debt (due to interest rate changes) was 48,000. The value of the swap contract increased 48,000. 13 Instructions (a) Prepare the journal entry to record the payment of interest expense on December 31, 2011. (b) Prepare the journal entry to record the receipt of the swap settlement on December 31, 2011. (c) Prepare the journal entry to record the change in the fair value of the swap contract on December 31, 2011. (d) Prepare the journal entry to record the change in the fair value of the debt on December 31