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Mills Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $235 million of 8% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2021. Company management has classified the bonds as an available-for-sale investment. The market interest rate (yield) was 6% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $270 million for the bonds. The company will receive interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. As a result of changing market conditions, the fair value of the bonds at December 31, 2021, was $260 million.
1. & 2. Prepare the journal entry to record
Mills’ investment in the bonds on July 1, 2021 and interest on
December 31, 2021, at the effective (market) rate.
3. At what amount will Mills report its investment
in the December 31, 2021, balance sheet?
4. Suppose Moody's bond rating agency upgraded the
risk rating of the bonds, and Mills decided to sell the investment
on January 2, 2022, for $280 million. Prepare the journal entries
required on the date of sale.
4.1 Record the fair-value adjustment.
4.2 Record any reclassification adjustment.
4.3 Record the sale of the investment by Mills.