Basaraba Ltd

question 4

Multiple Choice

Basaraba Ltd. Owns 80% of the outstanding common shares of Gill Ltd. Gill purchased all of Basaraba's outstanding bond issue on the open market at a discount. The bonds have an unamortized premium attached. This transaction, in effect, retires the bond and results in a gain. Under the agency approach to dealing with a gain on elimination of intercompany bond holdings, which of the following statements is true?

• A)The gain would be assigned to Basaraba.
• B)The gain would be assigned to Gill.
• C)The gain is assigned partially to Basaraba and partially to Gill.
• D)The gain is eliminated on consolidation.

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