
Equity Investment:
Equity investment is categorized in three categories:
a. Holding less than 20%:
Investors usually buy equity securities with less than 20% ownership for trading purpose and keeps the securities for very short period of time. The cost method is used for accounting for this type of investment.
b. Holding more than 20% less but less than 50%:
The investor will be a minority interest under holding between 20% to 50%. The earnings of the holding company will be shared according to the interest of ownership over the company. Equity method of accounting will be used in such type of investment.
c. Holding more than 50%:
The investors who are interested taking active part in the operations of the business buys more than 50% of ownership of a company. In such cases, consolidated financial statement is prepared at end of each accounting period.
To determine:
1. Record the
2. Classify and prepare partial financial statements for Money Man’s 25% Technomite investment for the year ended December 31, 2018.

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