In: Accounting
Suspect Company issued $1,020,000 of 9 percent first mortgage
bonds on January 1, 20X1, at 104. The bonds mature in 20 years and
pay interest semiannually on January 1 and July 1. Prime
Corporation purchased $680,000 of Suspect’s bonds from the original
purchaser on January 1, 20X5, for $675,000. Prime owns 60 percent
of Suspect’s voting common stock.
Required:
a. Prepare the worksheet consolidation entry or entries needed to
remove the effects of the intercorporate bond ownership in
preparing consolidated financial statements for 20X5.
b. Prepare the worksheet consolidation entry or entries needed to remove the effects of the intercorporate bond ownership in preparing consolidated financial statements for 20X6.