Spice Company issued $200,000 of 10 percent first mortgage bonds on January 1, 20X4, at 105. The bonds mature in 10 years and pay interest semiannually on January 1 and July 1. Pumpkin Corporation purchased $140,000 of Spice's bonds from the original purchaser on January 1, 20X8, for $122,000. Pumpkin owns 75 percent of Spice's voting common stock. Spice's partial bond amortization schedule is as follows:PMT # Interest$ PMTInterestExpenseAmort ofDiscount(Premium)Premium(Discount)BondsPayableBV

ofBonds  1/1/20X4           10,000.00  200,000.00  210,000.00 1 7/1/20X4  10,000.00  9,684.96  (315.04) 9,684.96  200,000.00  209,684.96 2 1/1/20X5  10,000.00  9,670.43  (329.57) 9,355.38  200,000.00  209,355.38 3 7/1/20X5  10,000.00  9,655.23  (344.77) 9,010.61  200,000.00  209,010.61 4 1/1/20X6  10,000.00  9,639.33  (360.67) 8,649.94  200,000.00  208,649.94 5 7/1/20X6  10,000.00  9,622.69  (377.31) 8,272.63  200,000.00  208,272.63 6 1/1/20X7  10,000.00  9,605.29  (394.71) 7,877.92  200,000.00  207,877.92 7 7/1/20X7  10,000.00  9,587.09  (412.91) 7,465.01  200,000.00  207,465.01 8 1/1/20X8  10,000.00  9,568.04  (431.96) 7,033.05  200,000.00  207,033.05 9 7/1/20X8  10,000.00  9,548.12  (451.88) 6,581.18  200,000.00  206,581.18 10 1/1/20X9  10,000.00  9,527.28  (472.72) 6,108.46  200,000.00  206,108.46 11 7/1/20X9  10,000.00  9,505.48  (494.52) 5,613.94  200,000.00  205,613.94 12 1/1/20X0  10,000.00  9,482.68  (517.32) 5,096.62  200,000.00  205,096.62 13 7/1/20X0  10,000.00  9,458.82  (541.18) 4,555.44  200,000.00  204,555.44 ?Based on the information given above, what amount of premium on bonds payable will be eliminated in the preparation of the 20X8 year-end consolidated financial statements?

A. $7,033
B. $4,276
C. $6,108
D. $4,923


Answer: B

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