anner-UNF Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $230 million of 8% bonds, dated July 1,...

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anner-UNF Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $230 million of 8% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2024. Company management has classified the bonds as an available-for-sale investment. The market interest rate (yield) was 10% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Tanner-UNF paid $210 million for the bonds. The company will receive interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. As a result of changing market conditions, the fair value of the bonds at December 31, 2024, was $220 million.

4. Suppose Moodys bond rating agency downgraded the risk rating of the bonds motivating Tanner-UNF to sell the investment on January 2, 2025, for $200 million. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the sale, including updating the fair-value adjustment, recording any reclassification adjustment, and recording the sale

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