Exercise 14-19

Pronghorn Company commonly issues long-term notes payable to its various lenders. Pronghorn has had a pretty good credit rating such that its effective borrowing rate is quite low (less than 8% on an annual basis). Pronghorn has elected to use the fair value option for the long-term notes issued to Barclays Bank and has the following data related to the carrying and fair value for these notes. Any changes in fair value are due to changes in market rates, not credit risk.

		Carrying Value		Fair Value
December 31, 2017		$54,200		$54,200
December 31, 2018		42,100		40,700
December 31, 2019		33,200		35,200

(a) Prepare the journal entry at December 31 (Pronghorns year-end) for 2017, 2018, and 2019, to record the fair value option for these notes. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Credit Dec. 31, 2017 Dec. 31, 2018 Dec. 31, 2019 (b) At what amount will the note be reported on Pronghorn's 2018 balance sheet? Note to be reported on Pronghorn's 2018 balance sheet (c) What is the effect of recording the fair value option on these notes on Pronghorn's 2019 income? The effect of recording the fair value option would result in unrealized holding of $