Chapter 10, Problem 10.19AP

1.

To determine

No significant influence equity investments:

These investments are the investments in equity securities where the investor holds less than 20% of the voting stock, and thereby the investor would not be able to participate in the decisions of the investee company. These investments are reported as the current assets or the long-term assets on the basis of the period which the investor holds the investments.

Trading Debt Investments:

Trading debt investments are the investments in debt securities where the investors wish to sell these investments at a short notice like in a few days, week, or months to generate some profit out of it. They are treated as current assets.

To classify: Each of the investments made by Company J during the year 2018.

2.

To determine

To journalize: The transactions for the investments of Company J for the year 2018.

3.

To determine

To prepare: T-accounts for the investment assets, and to show how to report the investments on J’s balance sheet at December 31, 2018.

4.

To determine

To indicate: The statement in which the unrealized holding gain or loss associated with the trading debt investment is reported.