Investment:
It is a financial term which refers to spend or deposit money to get the financial benefits.
The different ways in which a firm can invest are mentioned below:
- Long-term investments
- Short-term investments
Short-term investments:
It includes such investments which are highly liquid in nature as these can be convert in form of cash easily during the period of 1 year.
It means record of financial data related to business transactions in a journal in a manner so that debit equals credit. It provides an audit trail to the auditor and a means to analyze the effects of transactions to an organization’s financial health.
Rules of Journal Entry:
The rules for journal entry are defined by 5 accounting components,
- Assets: Increase in asset should be debit and decrease should be credit.
- Liabilities: Increase in liabilities should be credit and decrease should be debit.
- Equity: Increase in Equity should be credit and decrease should be debit.
- Expense: Increase in expense should be debit and decrease should be credit.
- Revenue: Increase in revenue should be credit and decrease should be debit.
Financial Statements:
It refers to the statements that are being made to show the financial results and financial position of a business or a company.
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- 2 Required information Problem 15-3A (Algo) Debt Investments in available-for-sale securities; unrealized and realized gains and losses LO P3 [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Stoll Company's long-term available-for-sale portfolio at the start of this year consists of the following. Available-for-Sale Securities Company A bonds Fair Value $ 492,000 155,000 642,140 Stoll enters into the following transactions involving its available-for-sale debt securities this year. January 29 Sold one-half of the Company B notes for $78,820. July 6 Purchased Company X bonds for $122,100. November 13 Purchased Company Z notes for $267,300. December 9 Sold all of the Company A bonds for $524,800. Fair values at December 31 are B, $82,300; C, $603,800; X. $120,000; and Z, $276,000. Company B notes Company C bonds Problem 15-3A (Algo) Part 1 and 2 Cost $ 534,100 159, 140 662,400 Required: 1. Prepare journal entries to record these transactions, including the December…arrow_forwardAccount assistance Cash Debt Investments Dividend Revenue Fair Value Adjustment-Available-for-Sale Fair Value Adjustment-Stock Fair Value Adjustment-Trading Gain on Sale of Debt Investments Gain on Sale of Stock Investments Interest Receivable Interest Revenue Loss on Sale of Debt Investments Loss on Sale of Stock Investments No Entry Revenue from Stock Investments Short-Term Investments Stock Investments Unrealized Gain or Loss-Equity Unrealized Gain or Loss-Incomearrow_forwardN4arrow_forward
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