Mills Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $260 million of 6% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2021. Company management has the positive intent and ability to hold the bonds until maturity. The market interest rate (yield) was 4% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $300.0 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 $280.0 million.

Required:
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 $314 million. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale.

Cantonio Corporation adjusts its accounts only at year-end. The following information is available as a source for preparing adjusting entries at December 31, 2018. For each of the numbered items, prepare the necessary adjusting journal entry.

1. On August 31, 2018, Cantonio paid $12,000 for a two-year insurance policy and Cantonio recognized the entire amount as a debit to prepaid insurance.
2. On September 1, 2018, Cantonio sold 100 one-year subscriptions for their monthly publication at $90 each, with the subscriptions starting September 1. The total amount received was credited to Unearned Subscription Revenue.
3. The Supplies Inventory account had a $15,000 balance at the beginning of the year (January 1, 2018). During the year, $7,000 of supplies were acquired, with the Supplies Expense account debited at the time of purchase. The supplies count at the end of the year (December 31, 2018) showed $17,000 of supplies still on hand.
4. The company failed to recognize $4,000 in rent owed to them by another company that rents a part of Cantonio’s building.

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GE pays health & life insurance to employees who retire early. How are these obligations accounted for according to SFAS No. 106 (OPEB)?

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QUESTION 18

America On-line & Time Warner, an internet company & an old line economy company but both media giants, recently merged. This was an example of a:

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QUESTION 19

Ford acquired Land Rover using the purchase method for $2.6 billion. Land Rover had a book value of $1.2 billion & a fair value of $1.8 billion. Therefore, Ford would record goodwill of:

Multiple regression is used by accountants in cost analysis to shed light on the factors that cause costs to be incurred and the magnitudes of their effects.

A petroleum company wanted to evaluate different blends of its gasoline - made by inserting different additives into the manufacturing process. To test this the firm acquired thirty identical cars (make and model) from an auto company and randomly assigned the cars to one of the three blends. The cars were then driven for 30 eight hour days on a dynamometer simulating city and highway driving conditions and the mileage obtained (MPG) was measured at the conclusion of the study. The results are below and require analysis to obtain a decision as to whether one of the blends or more was superior to the others.

Gasoline Blends

Mills Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $250 million of 6% 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 4% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $300 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 $275 million.

Required:

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 $312 million. Prepare the journal entries required on the date of sale.

Tanner-UNF Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $240 million of 6% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2018. The market interest rate (yield) was 8% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Tanner-UNF paid $200 million for the bonds. The company will receive interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. Company management has classified the bonds as available-for-sale investments. As a result of changing market conditions, the fair value of the bonds at December 31, 2018, was $210 million.

Required:

4. Suppose Moody’s bond rating agency downgraded the risk rating of the bonds motivating Tanner-UNF to sell the investment on January 2, 2019, for $190 million. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the sale, including updating the fair-value adjustment, recording any reclassification adjustment, and recording the sale

Journal entry worksheet

Record the entry for fair-value adjustment, AFS investment.

Record the entry for reclassification adjustment

Record the sale of the investment by Tanner-UNF

Mills Corporation acquired as an investment $240 million of 8% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2021. Company management is holding the bonds in its trading portfolio. The market interest rate (yield) was 6% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $280 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 $265 million.

Required:
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. Prepare the journal entry by Mills to record any fair value adjustment necessary for the year ended December 31, 2021.
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 $292 million. Prepare the journal entries required on the date of sale.

Mills Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $250 million of 6% 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 4% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $300 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 $275 million. Required:

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 $312 million. Prepare the journal entries required on the date of sale.

Mills Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $200 million of 7% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2018. Company management has the positive intent and ability to hold the bonds until maturity. The market interest rate (yield) was 5% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $240 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, 2018, was $210 million. Required: 1. & 2. Prepare the journal entry to record Mills’ investment in the bonds on July 1, 2018 and interest on December 31, 2018, at the effective (market) rate. 3. At what amount will Mills report its investment in the December 31, 2018, 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, 2019, for $250 million. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale.