Chapter 10, Problem 10.20AP

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.

Available-for-sale debt investments:

Available-for-sale debt investments are the investments in debt securities, which are neither referred as trading debt investments nor referred to as held-to-maturity debt investments. The investors do not wish to hold them till maturity, and hence reported either as current assets or as long-term assets in the balance sheet depending upon the holding period of the security.

To Journalize: The transactions of Company WS for the year 2018.

2.

To determine

To Prepare: T-accounts to determine the year ended balances as on December 31, 2018 related to the investment and investment income accounts.

3.

To determine

To prepare: Company WS’s partial balance sheet at December 31, 2018.

4.

To determine

To indicate: The statement in which the unrealized holding gain or loss associated with L stock is reported.