Purse Corporation owns 70 percent of Scarf Company’s voting shares. On January 1, 20X3, Scarf sold bonds with a par value of $682,500 at 98. Purse purchased $455,000 par value of the bonds; the remainder was sold to nonaffiliates. The bonds mature in five years and pay an annual interest rate of 8 percent. Interest is paid semiannually on January 1 and July 1.

Required:
a. What amount of interest expense should be reported in the 20X4 consolidated income statement?
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