Fallen company commonly issues long-term notes payble to its various lenders. fallen has had a pretty good credit rating such that its effective borrowing rate is quite low (less than 8% on an annual basis). fallen has elected to use the fair value option for the long-term notes issued to barclay's bank and has the following data related to the carrying and fair value for these notes.
carrying value fair value
december 31,2014 54,000 54,000
december 31,2015 44,000 42,500
december 31,2016 36,000 38,000
a. prepare the journal entry at december 31 ( fallen's year end) for 2014,2015,2016 to record the fair value option for these notes
b. at what amount will the note be reported on fallen's 2015 balance sheet?
c. what is the effect of recording the fair value option on these notes on fallen's 2016 income?
d. assuming that general market interest rates have been stable ove the period, does the fair value data for the notes indicate that fallen's creditwortiness has improved or declined ni 2016? explain.