Gottlieb Co. owes \(199,800 to Ceballos Inc. The debt is a 10-year, 11% note. Because Gottlieb Co. is in financial trouble, Ceballos Inc. agrees to accept some land and cancel the entire debt. The property has a book value of \)90,000 and a fair value of $140,000.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the journal entry on Gottlieb’s books for debt restructure.
  2. Prepare the journal entry on Ceballos’s books for debt restructure

Short Answer

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  1. Gain on the restructuring of debt is $59,800.
  2. Notes receivable is$199,800.

Step by step solution

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Meaning of Fair value

Fair value is the amount that two parties, preferably in an active market, are willing to exchange for an asset or liability. In this case, supply and demand will probably impact the value of the asset under consideration.

02

(a) Preparing journal entry

Gottlieb Co.’s entry:

Date

Particulars

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Notes payable

199,800

Land

90,000

Gain on disposal of land

($140,000-$90,000)

50,000

Gain on the restructuring of debt

role="math" localid="1659071798050" ($199,800-$140,000)

59,800

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(b) Preparing journal entry

Ceballos’s Inc. entry

Date

Particulars

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Land

140,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts

59,800

Notes receivables

199,800

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Question: The following information is taken from the 2017 annual report of Bugant, Inc. Bugant’s fiscal year ends December 31 of each year. Bugant’s December 31, 2017, balance sheet is as follows.

Bugant, Inc.

Balance Sheet

December 31, 2017

Assets

Cash \( 450

Inventory 1,800

Total current assets 2,250

Plant and equipment 2,000

Accumulated depreciation (160)

Total assets \)4,090

Liabilities

Bonds payable (net of discount) \(1,426

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Common stock 1,500

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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity \)4,090

Note X: Long Term Debt:

On January 1, 2016, Bugant issued bonds with face value of \(1,500 and a coupon rate equal to 10%. The bonds were issued to yield 12% and mature on January 1, 2021.

Additional information concerning 2018 is as follows.

  1. Sales were \)3,500, all for cash.
  2. Purchases were \(2,000, all paid in cash.
  3. Salaries were \)700, all paid in cash.
  4. Property, plant, and equipment was originally purchased for \(2,000 and is depreciated straight-line over a 25-year life with no salvage value.
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  6. Cash dividends of \(100 were declared and paid by Bugant.
  7. Ignore taxes.
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Accounting

Prepare a balance sheet for Bugant, Inc. at December 31, 2018, and an income statement for the year ending December 31, 2018. Assume semiannual compounding of the bond interest.

Analysis

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Principles

The FASB and the IASB allow companies the option of recognizing in their financial statements the fair values of their long-term debt. That is, companies have the option to change the balance sheet value of their long-term debt to the debt’s fair value and report the change in balance sheet value as a gain or loss in income. In terms of the qualitative characteristics of accounting information (Chapter 2), briefly describe the potential trade-off(s) involved in reporting long-term debt at its fair value.

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Instructions

(a) Prepare the journal entry to record the issuance of the bonds on January 1, 2016.

(b) Prepare a bond amortization schedule up to and including January 1, 2020, using the effective-interest method.

(c) Assume that on July 1, 2019, Venezuela Co. redeems half of the bonds at a cost of $1,065,000 plus accrued interest. Prepare the journal entry to record this redemption.

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Instructions

  1. Prepare journal entries for Strickland Company and Moran State Bank to record this debt settlement.
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The bonds are callable at 101 (i.e., at 101% of face amount), and on January 2, 2017, Banno called \)900,000 face amount of the bonds and redeemed them.

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(Equity Securities Entries) On December 21, 2017, Bucky Katt Company provided you with the following information

regarding its equity investments.

December 31, 2017

Investments Cost Fair Value Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Clemson Corp. stock \(20,000 \)19,000 \((1,000)

Colorado Co. stock 10,000 9,000 (1,000)

Buffaloes Co. stock 20,000 20,600 600

Total of portfolio \)50,000 \(48,600 (1,400)

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Instructions

(a) Prepare the adjusting journal entry needed on December 31, 2017.

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(c) Prepare the adjusting journal entry needed on December 31, 2018.

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