Pepper Enterprises owns percent of Salt Corporation. On January X Salt issued $ of fiveyear bonds at Annual
interest of percent is paid semiannually on January and July Pepper purchased $ of the bonds on August at
par value. The following balances are taken from the separate financial statements of the two companies:
Note: Assume using straightline amortization of bond discount or premium.
Required:
a Compute the amount of interest expense that should be reported in the consolidated income statement for
b Compute the gain or loss on constructive bond retirement that should be reported in the X consolidated income statement.
c Prepare the consolidation worksheet consolidation entry or entries as of December to remove the effects of the
intercorporate bond ownership.
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Prepare the consolidation worksheet consolidation entry or entries as of December X to remove the effects of the intercorporate
bond ownership.
Note: If no entry is required for a transactionevent select No journal entry required" in the first account field.
A Record the entry to eliminate the effects of the
intercompany ownership in bonds for
B Record the entry to eliminate intercompany interest
receivables or payables for