Monty Company has an investment in $6\%,9-$year bonds of Soto Company. The investment was originally purchased at par for $$400$ in $2022,$ and it is accounted for at amortized cost. Early in $2023,$ Monty recorded an impairment on the Soto investment due to Soto's financial distress. At that time, the present value of the cash flows discounted using the original effective interest rate was $$360,$ and the present value of the cash flows using the then current market rate was $$364.$ In $2024,$ Soto returned to profitability and the Soto investment was no longer considered impaired.

Prepare the entries Monty would make in $2023$ and $2024$ under ASPE. $($Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select $"$No Entry" for the account titles and enter $O$ for the amounts. Record entries in the order displayed in the problem statement. List all debit entries before credit entries.$)$

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$2023$

$2024$

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