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Intercompany Profit Transactions - Bonds
Intercompany Profit Transactions - Bonds
Intercompany
Profit
Transactions –
Bonds
Intercompany Profits on Bonds:
Objectives
1. Differentiate between intercompany receivables and
payables, and assets or liabilities of the
consolidated reporting entity.
2. Demonstrate how a consolidated reporting entity
constructively retires debt.
3. Defer unrealized gains/losses and later recognize
realized gains/losses on bond transfers between
parent and subsidiary.
4. Adjust calculation of noncontrolling interest share
amounts in the presence of intercompany
gains/losses on debt transfers.
1: INTERCOMPANY
RECEIVABLES AND
PAYABLES
Remove intercompany:
– Payables and interest expense
– Receivables and interest income
Loans directly between affiliates generally
pose no special problems
2: CONSTRUCTIVE
RETIREMENT OF DEBT
Agency theory
– Assigns gain or loss to the issuing firm
– Conceptually superior than other methods
Text:
– Follows agency theory
– Simplifies discussion using straight line
amortization of premiums & discounts
Other methods
– Assign gain or loss to affiliates based on the par
value of the bonds – par value theory
– Assign all gain or loss to the parent
At constructive retirement
– Remove Investment in Bonds
– Remove proportionate share of Bonds payable
and unamortized premium or discount
– Realize a gain or loss
The gain or loss at constructive retirement is
recognized over the life of the bonds
Gain or loss is attributed solely to the parent
4: EFFECT ON
NONCONTROLLING
INTEREST
Constructive gain
– Purchase price of the debt is less than the book
value
– Share gain between CI and NCI in year of
retirement.
• Increase Income from subsidiary
• Increase Noncontrolling interest share
– In current and subsequent years, use piecemeal
recognition
• Reduce Income from subsidiary
• Reduce Noncontrolling interest share
Constructive loss
– Purchase price of the debt is greater than the
book value
– Share loss between CI and NCI in year of
retirement.
• Reduce Income from subsidiary
• Reduce Noncontrolling interest share
– In current and subsequent years, use piecemeal
recognition
• Increase Income from subsidiary
• Increase Noncontrolling interest share