Constructive Retirement Means That Bonds Are Retired for Consolidated Statement

question 3

True/False

Constructive retirement means that bonds are retired for consolidated statement purposes because the bond investment and payable items of the parent and the subsidiary are reciprocals that must be eliminated in consolidation.

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