Gas Pipeline Uniform Accounting Regulations

73 (1) Where any issue or series of long-term debt of a company is redeemed before its maturity date, otherwise than by exchange or conversion into shares, the amount of the unamortized debt discount and expense or unamortized premium less expense applicable to the portion of the debt redeemed shall be credited to account 170 (Unamortized Debt Discount and Expense) or debited to account 270 (Unamortized Debt Premium and Expense), as applicable, and where the amount is not material, concurrently debited or credited to account 321 (Amortization of Debt Discount, Premium and Expense) as applicable, in the year of redemption.

(2) Where the amount referred to in subsection (1) is material, the company shall inform the Board and shall debit the amount to account 341 (Extraordinary Income Deductions) or credit the amount to account 331 (Extraordinary Income), as applicable.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), where an issue or series of long-term debt of a company is redeemed before its maturity date by refunding through the issuance of new long-term debt, the company may, where the amount is not material, amortize the amount of unamortized discount and expense or unamortized premium less expense applicable to the portion of the debt redeemed, by regular debits or credits as applicable, to account 321 over a period not exceeding the lesser of the remainder of the original life of the issue or series redeemed or the life of the new long-term debt.

(4) Where the amount referred to in subsection (3) is material, the company shall inform the Board and shall debit the amount to account 341 (Extraordinary Income Deductions), or credit the amount to account 331 (Extraordinary Income), as applicable.

(5) Where an issue or series of long-term debt of a company is redeemed before its maturity date by exchange for or conversion into capital stock of the company, the manner of accounting for the transaction shall be subject to the prior approval of the Board.