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Investments: Companies invest in stocks and bonds of other companies or governmental entity to deploy their excess fund, and/or for a specific business strategy.
Held-to-maturity security: The debt securities which are held by the investor with intent to hold the investment till its maturity are referred to as held-to-maturity securities.
Trading securities: These are short-term investments in debt and equity securities with an intention of trading and earning profits due to changes in market prices.
Fair value: Fair value is the price at which, both seller and buyer agree to exchange the asset. So, fair value is the selling price to the seller and the purchase price for the buyer.
Journal: Journal is the method of recording monetary business transactions in chronological order. It records the debit and credit aspects of each transaction to abide by the double-entry system.
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 Explain: How to classify this investment on Company T’s
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To journalize: The purchase $240,000,000 of 6% bonds in the books of Company T.
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To journalize: The receipt of semiannual interest on December 31, 2018 in the books of Company T.
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To journalize: The fair value changes to be recorded in the books of Company T.
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To indicate: The amount of investment value as on December 31, 2018 in the books of Corporation T
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To journalize: The
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