Question

Bloom Corporation purchased $1,000,000 of Taylor Company 5% bonds at par with the intent and ability to hold the bonds until they matured in 2025, so Bloom classifies their investment as HTM. Unfortunately, a combination of problems at Taylor Company and in the debt market caused the fair value of the Taylor investment to decline to $600,000 during 2018.
Required:

For each of the following scenarios, prepare appropriate entry(s) at December 31, 2018, and indicate how the scenario will affect the 2018 income statement (ignoring income taxes).

1. Bloom now believes it is more likely than not that it will have to sell the Taylor bonds before the bonds have a chance to recover their fair value. Of the $400,000 decline in fair value, Bloom attributes $250,000 to credit losses, and $150,000 to noncredit losses.

2. Bloom does not plan to sell the Taylor bonds prior to maturity, and does not believe it is more likely than not that it will have to sell the Taylor bonds before the bonds have a chance to recover their fair value. Of the $400,000 decline in fair value, Bloom attributes $250,000 to credit losses, and $150,000 to noncredit losses.

Answer 1

Answer:

1)

Since Bloom plans to sell the bonds, it must record the entire loss as credit loss (loss on sale of bonds)

Dr Other than temporary impairment loss 400,000

    Cr Discount on bond investment - Taylor bonds 400,000

Credits losses must be recognized as a loss in earnings in the income statement.

2)

Journal entry to record credit loss:

Dr Other than temporary impairment loss 250,000

    Cr Discount on bond investment - Taylor bonds 250,000

Journal entry to record non-credit loss:

Dr Other than temporary impairment loss 150,000

    Cr Fair value adjustment - Taylor bonds 150,000

Non-credit losses must be recognized as part of other comprehensive income/loss and must be disclosed separately than credit losses. They must be reported in the balance sheet (they lower retained earnings directly), not the income statement.