Concept explainers
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Investment: The act of allocating money to buy a monetary asset, in order to generate wealth in the future is referred to as investment.
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.
Other-than-temporary (OTT) impairment: When the market value of an investment declines to a value lower than its cost, it is referred to as OTT impairment.
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.
Rules of Debit and Credit:
Following rules are followed for debiting and crediting different accounts while they occur in business transactions:
- Debit, all increase in assets, expenses and dividends, all decrease in liabilities, revenues and stockholders’ equities.
- Credit, all increase in liabilities, revenues, and stockholders’ equities, all decrease in assets, expenses.
To Indicate: The effect of the following scenarios on the 2018 Income Statement of Company B.
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To Indicate: The effect of the following scenarios on the 2018 Income Statement of Company B.
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- 2arrow_forward[This is a variation of E 12–2 focusing on available-for-sale securities.]Mills Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $240 million of 6% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2018.Company management has the positive intent and ability to hold the bonds until maturity. The market interest rate(yield) was 4% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $280 million for the bonds. The company willreceive interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. As a result of changing market conditions, the fairvalue of the bonds at December 31, 2018, was $270 million.Required:1. Prepare the journal entry to record Mills’ investment in the bonds on July 1, 2018.2. Prepare the journal entries by Mills to record interest on December 31, 2018, at the effective (market) rate.3. At what amount will Mills report its investment in the December 31, 2018, balance sheet? Why?4. Suppose Moody’s bond rating agency upgraded the risk rating of the bonds, and Mills decided to sell theinvestment on…arrow_forwardThis problem is a variation of P 12–3, modified to cause the investment to be accounted for under the fair value option.]Fuzzy Monkey Technologies, Inc., purchased as a long-term investment $80 million of 8% bonds, dated January 1, on January 1, 2018. Management intends to have the investment available for sale when circumstanceswarrant. When the company purchased the bonds, management elected to account for them under the fair valueoption. For bonds of similar risk and maturity the market yield was 10%. The price paid for the bonds was $66million. Interest is received semiannually on June 30 and December 31. Due to changing market conditions, thefair value of the bonds at December 31, 2018, was $70 million.Required:1. Prepare the journal entry to record Fuzzy Monkey’s investment on January 1, 2018.2. Prepare the journal entry by Fuzzy Monkey to record interest on June 30, 2018 (at the effective rate).3. Prepare the journal entries by Fuzzy Monkey to record interest on December 31,…arrow_forward
- 6 Landis Co. purchased P500,000 of 8%, 5-year bonds (DI@FVTOCI) from Ritter, Inc. on January 1, 2022, with interest payable on July 1 and January 1. The bonds sold for P520,790 at an effective interest rate of 7%. Using the effective-interest method, Landis Co. decreased the Debt Investments account for the Ritter, Inc. bonds on July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 by the amortized premiums of P1,770 and P1,830, respectively. At December 31, 2022, the fair value of the Ritter, Inc. bonds was P530,000. At April 1, 2023, Landis Co. sold the Ritter bonds for P515,000. After accruing for interest, the carrying value of the Ritter bonds on April 1, 2023 was P516,875. What should Landis Co. report as a gain (or loss) on the bonds?arrow_forwardThis is a variation of E 12–1 focusing on available-for-sale securities.]Tanner-UNF Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $240 million of 6% bonds, dated July 1, on July1, 2018. The market interest rate (yield) was 8% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Tanner-UNF paid $200million for the bonds. The company will receive interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. Companymanagement has classified the bonds as available-for-sale investments. As a result of changing market conditions,the fair value of the bonds at December 31, 2018, was $210 million.Required:1. Prepare the journal entry to record Tanner-UNF’s investment in the bonds on July 1, 2018.2. Prepare the journal entries by Tanner-UNF to record interest on December 31, 2018, at the effective (market)rate.arrow_forward3arrow_forward
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- Cornerstones of Financial AccountingAccountingISBN:9781337690881Author:Jay Rich, Jeff JonesPublisher:Cengage Learning