Chapter 12: 13Q (page 610)
Question: Why are held-to-maturity investments applicable only to debt securities?
Answer:
Held-to-maturity investments are only applicable to debt securities because equity securities do not have a maturity date.
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Use the information from BE17-5 but assume the stock is nonmarketable. Prepare Fairbanks’ journal entries to record (a) the purchase of the investment, (b) the dividends received, and (c) the fair value adjustment, if any.
Recently, a group of university students decided to incorporate for the purposes of selling a process to recycle the waste product from manufacturing cheese. Some of the initial costs involved were legal fees and office expenses incurred in starting the business, state incorporation fees, and stamp taxes. One student wishes to charge these costs against revenue in the current period. Another wishes to defer these costs and amortize them in the future. Which student is correct?
What is the GAAP definition of fair value?
Explain why reclassification adjustments are necessary.
Use the information from BE17-1 but assume the bonds are purchased as an available-for-sale security. Prepare Garfield’s journal entries for (a) the purchase of the investment, (b) the receipt of annual interest and discount amortization, and (c) the year-end fair value adjustment. (Assume a zero balance in the Fair Value Adjustment account.) The bonds have a year-end fair value of $75,500.
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