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Bonds of affiliate purchased from non-affiliate: When an affiliate of issuer later acquires bonds form unrelated party, the bonds are retired at the time of purchase. The bonds are not held outside the consolidated entity once another company within the consolidated entity purchases them, it must be treated as repurchase by debtor. Acquisition of an affiliate’s bonds by another company with in affiliated entities is referred as constructive retirement. Although bonds are not actually retired.
When constructive retirement occurs the consolidated income statement reports gain or loss based on difference between carrying value and purchase price paid by affiliate to acquire it. And it is not reported in consolidated balance sheet either as bond payable or as investment because the bonds are no longer outstanding.
To explain : what will be the effect on consolidated net income and income to the non-controlling interest, when a parent purchases the bonds of its subsidiary from a non-affiliate in preceding period and a loss on retirement was reported.

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