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Muir, Ltd Measures Its Trading Securities at Fair Value B)

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Muir, Ltd. measures its trading securities at fair value. It has liabilities that it also measures using the fair value option. Muir has bonds outstanding (originally sold for $2,400,000) in the amount of $2,000,000 with a current bond premium of $349,000. The bonds were selling at 101 on the market on December 31. If its Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds Payable account currently contains a debit amount of $430,000, what adjustment is necessary to report the value of the bonds under the fair value option.


A)  Date  Account  Debit  Credit  December 31  Unrealized Loss on Bonds Payable 81,000 Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds  Payable 81,000\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Date } & \text { Account } & \text { Debit } & \text { Credit } \\\hline \text { December 31 } & \text { Unrealized Loss on Bonds Payable } & 81,000 & \\\hline& \begin{array} { l } \text { Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds } \\\text { Payable }\end{array} & & 81,000 \\\hline\end{array}
B)  Date  Account  Debit  Credit  December 31  Unrealized Loss on Bonds Payable 101,000 Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds  Payable 101,000\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Date } & \text { Account } & \text { Debit } & \text { Credit } \\\hline \text { December 31 } & \text { Unrealized Loss on Bonds Payable } & 101,000 & \\\hline & \begin{array} { l } \text { Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds } \\\text { Payable }\end{array} & & 101,000 \\\hline\end{array}
C)  Date  Account  Debit  Credit  December 31 Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds  Payable 101,000 Unrealized Gain on Bonds Payable 101,000\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Date } & \text { Account } & \text { Debit } & \text { Credit } \\\hline \text { December } 31 & \begin{array}{l}\text { Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds } \\\text { Payable }\end{array} & 101,000 & \\\hline&\text { Unrealized Gain on Bonds Payable }&&101,000\\\hline\end{array}
D) Date Account Debit  Credit  December 31 Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds Payable81,000 Unrealized Gain on Bonds Payable81,000\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline\text {Date} &\text { Account } & \text {Debit }&\text { Credit }\\\hline \text { December 31} &\text { Fair Value Adjustment on Bonds} & & \\&\text { Payable} & 81,000 & \\\hline &\text { Unrealized Gain on Bonds Payable} & & 81,000\\\hline\end{array}

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