Chapter 12, Problem 12.10E

1)

To determine

Equity investment: Equity investments are stock instruments which claim ownership in the investee company and pay a dividend revenue to the investor company.

Fair value through net income method: This is the accounting method used for accounting stock or equity investments which claim less than 20% of the outstanding stock of the investee company.

Journal entry: Journal entry is a set of economic events which can be measured in monetary terms. These are recorded chronologically and systematically.

Debit and credit rules:

• Debit an increase in asset account, increase in expense account, decrease in liability account, and decrease in stockholders’ equity accounts.
• Credit decrease in asset account, increase in revenue account, increase in liability account, and increase in stockholders’ equity accounts.

To journalize: The stock investment transactions under the fair value through net income method, in the books of Corporation ST

(2)

To determine

To Indicate: The effect of investment in 2016.