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Debtholders receive note contracts, one for each note, that describe the payments promised by the issuer of the debt. In addition, the issuing corporation frequently enters a supplementary agreement, called a note indenture, with a trustee who represents the debtholders. The provisions or covenants of the indenture may place restrictions on the issuer for the benefit of the debtholders. For example, an indenture may require that the issuer’s debt to equity ratio never rise above a specified level or that periodic payments be made to the trustee who administers a “sinking fund" to provide for the retirement of debt.
Consider Roswell Manufacturing’s debt indenture, which requires that Roswell’s debt to equity ratio never exceed 2:1. If Roswell violates this requirement, the debt indenture specifies very costly penalties, and if the violation continues, the entire debt issue must be retired at a disadvantageous price and refinanced. In recent years, Roswell’s ratio has averaged about 1.5:1 ($15 million in total liabilities and $10 million in total stockholders’ equity). However, Roswell has an opportunity to purchase one of its major competitors, Ashland Products. The acquisition will require $4.5 million in additional liabilities, but it will double Roswell’s net income. Roswell does not believe that a stock issue is feasible in the current environment. The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a new standard concerning accounting for post employment benefits, which is strongly supported by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Implementation of the new standard will add about S2 million to Roswell’s long-term liabilities. Roswell’s CEO. Martha Cooper, has written a strong letter of objection to the FASB. The FASB received similar letters from over 300 companies.
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2. If you were a member of the FASB and met Martha Cooper at a professional meeting, how would you respond to her objection?
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- Debtholders receive note contracts, one for each note, that describe the payments promised by the issuer of the debt. In addition, the issuing corporation frequently enters a supplementary agreement, callcd a note indenture, with a trustee who represents the debtholders. The provisions or covenants of the indenture may place restrictions on the issuer for the benefit of the debtholders. For example, an indenture may require that the issuers debt to equity ratio never rise above a specified level or that periodic payments be made to the trustee who administers a sinking fund to provide for the retirement of debt. Consider Roswell Manufacturings debt indenture, which requires that Roswells debt to equity ratio never exceed 2:1. If Roswell violates this requirement, the debt indenture specifies very costly penalties, and if the violation continues, the entire debt issue must be retired at a disadvantageous price and refinanced. In recent years, Roswells ratio has averaged about 1.5:1 ($15 million in total liabilities and $10 million in total stockholders equity). However, Roswell has an opportunity to purchase one of its major competitors, Ashland Products. The acquisition will require $4.5 million in additional liabilities, but it will double Roswells net income. Roswell does not believe that a stock issue is feasible in the current environment. The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a new standard concerning accounting for post employment benefits, which is strongly supported by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Implementation of the new standard will add about S2 million to Roswells long-term liabilities. Roswells CEO. Martha Cooper, has written a strong letter of objection to the FASB. The FASB received similar letters from over 300 companies. Required; 1. Write a paragraph presenting an analysis of the impact of the new standard on Roswell Manufacturing.arrow_forwardAccess the FASB Accounting Standards Codification at the FASB website ( www.fasb.org ). Determine the specific citation for accounting for each of the following items: 1. Disclosure requirements for maturities of long-term debt. 2. How to estimate the value of a note when a note having no ready market and no interest rate is exchanged for a noncash asset without a readily available fair value. 3. When the straight-line method can be used as an alternative to the interest method of determining interest.arrow_forwardWhen an entity breaches a covenant under a long-term loan agreement on or before the end of the reporting periodwith the effect that the liability becomes payable on demand, the liability is classified as noncurrent whenI. The lender has agreed after the end if the reporting period and before the financial statements areauthorized for issue not to demand payment as a consequence of the breach.II. The lender has agreed on or before the end of the reporting period to provide a grace period ending atleast twelve months after that date. a. Both I and IIb. Neither I and IIc. I onlyd. II onlyarrow_forward
- When the original terms of a debt agreement are changed because of financial difficulties experienced by the debtor (borrower), the new arrangement is referred to as a troubled debt restructuring. Such a restructuring can take a variety of forms. For accounting purposes, these possibilities are categorized. What are the accounting classifications of troubled debt restructurings?arrow_forwardWhen a debtor is in financial difficulty and a current londer grants concessions to the debtor to refinance an existing debt arrangement, this is referred to as a O a. Troubled debt restructuring. O b. Debt extinguishment. O c. Debt modification. O d. Debt pay-off.arrow_forwardIn accounting for short-term debt expected to be refinanced to long-term debt: a. GAAP uses the authorization date to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced. b. IFRS uses the authorization date to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced. c. IFRS and GAAP use the financial statement date to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced. d. GAAP uses the date of issue, but only for secured debt, to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced.arrow_forward
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