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Chapter 10: Q1SE_1 (page 569)

Accounting for debt investments
Advance & Co. owns vast amounts of corporate bonds. Suppose Advance buys $1,100,000 of FermaCo bonds at face value on January 2, 2018. The FermaCo bonds pay interest at the annual rate of 3% on June 30 and December 31 and mature on December 31, 2037. Advance intends to hold the investment until maturity.
Requirements
1. Journalize any required 2018 entries for the bond investment.

Short Answer

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Both sides of the Journal total $1,133,000.

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01

Definition of Long-Term Investment

Long term investment can be defined as the asset or investment acquired with a view of holding it for more than one year.

02

Journal entry for 2018

Date	Accounts and explanation	Debit $	Credit $
2 Jan 2018	Held to maturity – debt investment	$1,100,000
	Cash		$1,100,000

30 June 2018	Cash	$16,500
	Interest revenue		$16,500

31 Dec 2018	Cash	$16,500
	Interest revenue		$16,500
		$1,133,000	$1,133,000

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Accounting for debt investments

Suppose Solomon Brothers purchases $500,000 of 6% annual bonds of Morin Corporation at face value on January 1, 2018. These bonds pay interest on June 30 and December 31 each year. They mature on December 31, 2022. Solomon intends to hold the Morin bond investment until maturity.

Requirements

1. Journalize Solomon Brothers’ transactions related to the bonds for 2018.

Question: P10-22B Classifying and accounting for debt and equity investments

Captain Transfer Corporation generated excess cash and invested in securities as follows:

2018

Jul. 2 Purchased 4,200 shares of Naradon, Inc. common stock at \(13.00 per share. Captain Transfer plans to sell the stock within three months, when the company will need the cash for normal operations. Captain Transfer does not have significant influence over Naradon.

Aug. 21 Received a cash dividend of \)0.40 per share on the Nardon stock investment.

Sep. 16 Sold the Naradon stock for \(13.70 per share.

Oct. 1 Purchased a Purple bond for \)40,000 at face value. Captain Transfer classifies the investment as trading and short-term.

Dec. 31 Received a \(600 interest payment from Purple.

31 Adjusted the Purple bond to its market value of \)44,000.

Requirements

Journalize the 2018 transactions. Explanations are not required.

Question: P10-20A Accounting for equity investments

The beginning balance sheet of Waterfall Source Co. included a \(400,000 investment in Evan stock (20% ownership, Waterfall has significant influence over Evan). During the year, Waterfall Source completed the following investment transactions:

Mar. 3 Purchased 4,000 shares at \)11 per share of Lili Software common stock as a long-term equity investment, representing 7% ownership, no significant influence.

May 15 Received a cash dividend of \(0.61 per share on the Lili investment.

Dec. 15 Received a cash dividend of \)70,000 from Evan investment.

31 Received Evan’s annual report showing \(300,000 of net income.

31 Received Lili’s annual report showing \)120,000 of net income for the year.

31 Evan’s stock fair value at year-end was \(390,000.

31 Lili’s common stock fair value at year-end was \)12 per share.

Requirements

1. Journalize the transactions for the year of Waterfall Source.

Accounting for equity investments

Captain Investments completed the following investment transactions during 2018:

Jan. 14 Purchased 200 shares of Velcon stock, paying \(53 per share. The investment represents 4% ownership in Velcon’s voting stock. Captain does not have significant influence over Velcon. Captain intends to hold the investment for the indefinite future.

Aug. 22 Received a cash dividend of \)0.28 per share on the Velcon stock.

Dec. 31 Adjusted the Velcon investment to its current market value of $58.

Requirements

What account(s) and amount(s), if any, would be reported on Captain’s income statement for the year ended December 31, 2018?

Lee Co. reported the following items on its 2018 financial statements:

Total Assets, December 31, 2018	$10,000
Total Assets, December 31, 2017	15,000
For year ended December 31, 2018
Interest Expenses	150
Net income	850

Determine Lee’s rate of return on total assets for 2018.

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