12–60 Intermediate Accounting, 8/e
Exercise 12–29
Requirement 1: Assuming Bloom has not previously recorded a $100,000 loss
Scenario 1: Bloom believes it is more likely than not it will have to sell the
investment before fair value recovers, so the portion of the impairment that
Scenario 2: Bloom does not plan to sell the investment, and does not believe it is
more likely than not that it will have to sell the investment before fair value
recovers, so the portion of the impairment that consists of credit and noncredit
losses is relevant. Bloom must recognize the $250,000 of credit losses as an OTT
impairment in earnings, and the other $150,000 as a reduction of OCI. Bloom
makes the following entry: