Chapter 08 - Intercompany Indebiedness CHAPTER 8 INTERCOMPANY INDEBTEDNESS ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q8-1 A gain or loss on bond retirement is reported by the consolidated entity whenever (a) ‘one of the companies purchases its own bonds from a nonaffiiate at an amount other than book value, or (b) a company within the consolidated entity purchases the bonds of an affiliate from a nonaffiiate at an amount other than book value. Q8-2 A constructive retirement occurs when the bonds of a company included in the consolidated entity are purchased by another company included within the consolidated entity. Although the debtor still considers the bonds as outstanding, and the investor views the bonds as an investment, they are constructively retired for consolidation purposes. If bonds are actually retired, the debtor purchases its own bonds from a nonaffiliate and they are no longer outstanding. Q8-3 When bonds sold to an affiliate at par value are not eliminated, bonds payable and bond investment are misstated in the balance sheet accounts and interest income and interest expense are misstated in the income statement accounts. There is also a premium ‘or discount account to be eliminated when the bonds are not issued at par value. Unless interest is paid at year-end, there is likely to be some amount of interest receivable and interest payable to be eliminated as well. Q8-4 Both the bond investment and interest income reported by the purchaser will be improperly included. Interest expense, bonds payable, and any premium or discount recorded on the books of the debtor also will be improperly included. In addition, the constructive gain or loss on bond retirement will be omitted if no eliminating entries are recorded in connection with the purchase. Q8-5 If the focus is placed on the legal entity, only bonds actually reacquired by the debtor will be treated as retired. This treatment can lead to incorrect reports for the consolidated entity in two dimensions. If a company were to repurchase bonds from an affiliate, any retirement gain or loss reported by the debtor is not a gain or loss to the economic entity and must be eliminated in preparing consolidated statements. Moreover, although a purchase of debt of any of the other companies in the consolidated entity will not be recognized as a retirement by the debtor, when emphasis is placed on the economic entity the purchase must serve as a basis for recognition of a bond retirement for the consolidated entity. Q8-6 The difference in treatment is due to the effect of the transactions on the consolidated entity. In the case of land sold to another affiliate, a gain has been recorded that is not a gain from the viewpoint of the consolidated entity. Thus, it must be eliminated in the consolidation process. On the other hand, in a bond repurchase the buyer simply records an investment in bonds and the debtor makes no special entries because of the purchase by an affiliate. Neither company records the effect of the transaction on the economic entity. Thus, in the consolidation process an entry must be made to show the gain on bond retirement that has ‘occurred from the viewpoint of the economic entity. 84Chapter 08 - Intercompany Indebiedness Q8-7 When there has been a direct sale to an affiliate, the interest income recorded by the purchaser should equal the interest expense recorded by the seller and the two items should have no net effect on reported income. The eliminating entries do not change consolidated net income in this case, but they will result in a more appropriate statement of the relevant income and expense categories in the consolidated income statement. Q8-8 Whenever a loss on bond retirement has been reported in a prior period, the affiliate that purchased the bonds paid more than the book value of the debt shown by the debtor. As a result, each period the interest income recorded by the buyer will be less than the interest expense reported by the debtor. When the two income statement accounts are eliminated in the consolidation process, the effect will be to increase consolidated net income. Because the full amount of the loss was recognized for consolidated purposes in the year in which the bonds were purchased by the affliate, the effect of the elimination process in each of the periods that follow should be to increase consolidated income. Q8-9 The difference between the carrying value of the debt on the debtor's books and the carrying value of the investment on the purchaser's books indicates the amount of lunrecognized gain or loss at the end of the period. To determine the amount of the gain or loss on retirement at the start of the period, the difference between interest income recorded by the purchaser on the bond that has been purchased and interest expense recorded by the ‘debtor during the period is added to the difference between carrying values at the end of the period. Q8-10 Interest income and interest expense must be eliminated and a loss on bond retirement established in the elimination process. Consolidated net income will decrease by the amount of the loss. Because the loss is attributed to the subsidiary, income assigned to the controlling and noncontrolling interests will decrease in proportion to their share of common stock held Q8-11 A constructive gain will be included in the consolidated income statement in this case and both consolidated net income and income to the controlling interest will increase by the full amount of the gain. Q8-12 A direct placement of subsidiary bonds with the parent should have no effect on consolidated income or on income assigned to the noncontrolling shareholders, Q8-13 When subsidiary bonds are purchased from a nonaffiiate by the parent and there is a constructive gain or loss for consolidated purposes, the gain or loss is assigned to the subsidiary and included in computing income to the noncontrolling shareholders. Q8-14 Interest income recorded by the subsidiary and interest expense recorded by the parent should be equal in the direct placement case. When the subsidiary purchases parent company bonds from a nonaffiiate, interest income and interest expense will not be the same unless the bonds are purchased from the nonaffliate at an amount equal to the liability reported by the parent.Chapter 08 - Intercompany Indebiedness Q8-15 A gain on constructive bond retirement recorded in a prior period means the bonds were purchased for less than book value and the interest income recorded by the subsidiary each period will be greater than the interest expense recorded by the parent. Consolidated net income for the current period will decrease by the difference between interest income and interest expense as these amounts are eliminated in preparing the consolidated statements. Income to the noncontroliing interest will be unaffected since the constructive gain is assigned to parent company Q8-16 A constructive loss recorded on the subsidiary's bonds in a prior period means the interest income recorded by the parent is less than the interest expense recorded by the subsidiary in each of the following periods. Consolidated net income will increase when interest income and expense are eliminated. Income assigned to the noncontrolling interest will be based on the reported net income of the subsidiary plus the difference between interest income and interest expense each period following the retirement. As a result, the amount assigned will be greater than if the bond had not been constructively retired. Q8-17 On the date the parent sells the bonds to a nonaffiliate they are issued for the first time from a consolidated perspective. While the parent will record a gain or loss on sale of the bonds on its books, none is recognized from a consolidated viewpoint. The difference between the sale price received by the parent and par value is a premium or discount. Each period there will be a need to establish the correct amount for the premium or discount account and to adjust interest expense recorded by the subsidiary to bring the reported amounts into conformity with the sale price to the nonaffliate. Q8-18 The retirement gain or loss reported by the subsidiary when it repurchases the bonds held by the parent must be eliminated in the consolidation process. From the viewpoint of the consolidated entity the bonds were retired at the point they were purchased by the parent and a gain or loss should have been recognized at that point. 83