Interest Rate Swap Hedge Against Notes Payable (Debt) Gain Or Loss On Swap Contract

Interest rate swap contract hedge against fixed debt (Notes Payable), Company issues Notes Payable and at same time buys an interest rate swap contract betting that interest rates will decline, company will pay a variable interest rate (betting it will decrease) while receiving a fixed interest rate on the swap (betting it will be higher than the variable rate) which will decrease the total interest expense, example includes detailed accounting calculations for the swap and shows complete balance sheet journal entires for the swap contract and notes payable, income statement journal entries for the interest expense, gain or loss on notes payable, gain or loss on swap contract, detailed accounting example by Allen Mursau