In: Accounting
Pepper Enterprises owns 95 percent of Salt Corporation. On January 1, 20X1, Salt issued $200,000 of five-year bonds at 115. Annual interest of 12 percent is paid semiannually on January 1 and July 1. Pepper purchased $100,000 of the bonds on July 1, 20X3, at par value. The following balances are taken from the separate 20X3 financial statements of the two companies:
Pepper Enterprises | Salt Corporation | |||||||||
Investment in Salt Corporation Bonds | $ | 100,000 | ||||||||
Interest Income | 6,000 | |||||||||
Interest Receivable | 6,000 | |||||||||
Bonds Payable | $ | 200,000 | ||||||||
Bond Premium | 13,475 | |||||||||
Interest Expense | 18,039 | |||||||||
Interest Payable | 12,000 | |||||||||
Required:
a. Compute the amount of interest expense that should be reported
in the consolidated income statement for 20X3. (Do not
round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to
nearest whole dollar.)
b. Compute the gain or loss on constructive bond retirement that
should be reported in the 20X3 consolidated income statement.
(Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your
final answer to nearest whole dollar.)
c. Prepare the consolidation worksheet consolidation entry or
entries as of December 31, 20X3, to remove the effects of the
intercorporate bond ownership. (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.)
Part A
Interest expense |
$15000 |
Par value of bonds outstanding |
200000 |
Annual interest rate |
X 12% |
Interest payment |
24000 |
Amortization of bonds premium (200000*15%)/5 |
(6000) |
Interest charge for full year |
18000 |
Less: Interest on bond purchased by Online Enterprises (18000*1/2)*(4 months / 12 months) |
(3000) |
Interest expense included in the consolidated income statement |
15000 |
Part B
Gain |
On bond retirement |
$7000 |
Sale price of bonds, January 1, 20x1 (100000*115%) |
115000 |
Amortization of premium ($(100000*15%) / 5yrs) x 2 2/3 years) |
(8000) |
Book value at time of purchase |
107000 |
Purchase price |
100000 |
Gain on bond retirement |
7000 |
Part 3
Events |
Accounts |
debit |
credit |
1 |
Bonds payable |
100000 |
|
Bond premium |
6000 |
||
Interest income |
4000 |
||
Investment in Salt bonds |
100000 |
||
Interest expense |
3000 |
||
Gain on bond retirement |
7000 |
||
(to record elimination of the intercompany ownership) |
|||
2 |
Interest payable (3000+7000-4000) |
6000 |
|
Interest receivable |
6000 |
||
(to record elimination of interest receivables/payables) |