Accounting A company purchases corporate bonds for $1,000,000 and categorizes them as AFS. At year-end, their market value is $750,000. $100,000 of the decline in value is attributed to a rise in market interest rates, and $150,000 of the decline is attributed to credit losses. Prepare the year-end adjusting entry in either a T-account or spreadsheet format. See above for location of spreadsheet template. A company invests in stock of other companies for trading purposes. Its accounting year ends December 31. Its investment activity during 2019, 2020, and 2021 is as follows: a. Purchased stock of Acme Company in 2019 for $250,000 for the purpose of taking advantage of short-term volatility in the market place. b. Sold the investment shortly after purchase for $235,000. c. Purchased stock of Beeber Company in 2019 for $300,000. d. The investment had a fair value of $275,000 at the end of 2019. e. It was sold for $310,000 in late 2020. f. Purchased stock of Cromwell Company in 2019 for $500,000. g. Its fair value and the end of 2019 was $520,000. h. Its fair value and the end of 2020 $460,000. i. The investment was sold for $480,000 in 2021. Prepare the entries necessary to report the above entries in either a T- account or spreadsheet format.
The Effect Of Prepaid Taxes On Assets And Liabilities
Many businesses estimate tax liability and make payments throughout the year (often quarterly). When a company overestimates its tax liability, this results in the business paying a prepaid tax. Prepaid taxes will be reversed within one year but can result in prepaid assets and liabilities.
Final Accounts
Financial accounting is one of the branches of accounting in which the transactions arising in the business over a particular period are recorded.
Ledger Posting
A ledger is an account that provides information on all the transactions that have taken place during a particular period. It is also known as General Ledger. For example, your bank account statement is a general ledger that gives information about the amount paid/debited or received/ credited from your bank account over some time.
Trial Balance and Final Accounts
In accounting we start with recording transaction with journal entries then we make separate ledger account for each type of transaction. It is very necessary to check and verify that the transaction transferred to ledgers from the journal are accurately recorded or not. Trial balance helps in this. Trial balance helps to check the accuracy of posting the ledger accounts. It helps the accountant to assist in preparing final accounts. It also helps the accountant to check whether all the debits and credits of items are recorded and posted accurately. Like in a balance sheet debit and credit side should be equal, similarly in trial balance debit balance and credit balance should tally.
Adjustment Entries
At the end of every accounting period Adjustment Entries are made in order to adjust the accounts precisely replicate the expenses and revenue of the current period. It is also known as end of period adjustment. It can also be referred as financial reporting that corrects the errors made previously in the accounting period. The basic characteristics of every adjustment entry is that it affects at least one real account and one nominal account.
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Corporate bonds purchased - $1,000,000
Market value at year-end - $750,000
Decline in value - $100,000
Decline attributed to credit losses - $150,000
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