For a 2014 consolidation what adjustment should be made to


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Pesto Company possesses 80 percent of Salerno Company's outstanding voting stock. Pesto uses the initial value method to account for this investment. On January 1, 2010, Pesto sold 10 percent bonds payable with a $11.0 million face value (maturing in 20 years) on the open market at a premium of $820,000. On January 1, 2013, Salerno acquired 40 percent of these same bonds from an outside party at 96.6 percent of face value. Both companies use the straightline method of amortization. For a 2014 consolidation, what adjustment should be made to Pesto's beginning Retained Earnings as a result of this bond acquisition?

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