Purse Corporation owns $70$ percent of Scarf Company's voting shares. On January $1,20$X$3,$ Scarf sold bonds with a par value of

$$697,500$ at $98.$ Purse purchased $$465,000$ 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 $1.$

Required:

a$.$ What amount of interest expense should be reported in the $204$ consolidated income statement?

b$.$ Prepare the journal entries Purse recorded during $204$ with regard to its investment in Scarf bonds.

c$.$ Prepare all worksheet consolidation entries needed to remove the effects of the intercorporate bond ownership in preparing

consolidated financial statements for $204.$

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Prepare the journal entries Purse recorded during $20$X$4$ with regard to its investment in Scarf bonds.

Note: If no entry is required for a transaction$/$event$,$ select $"$No journal entry required" in the first account field. Do not round

your intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar.