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Chapter 10: 10-10E_1 (page 569)

Accounting for debt investments

League Up & Co. owns vast amounts of corporate bonds. Suppose League Up buys $900,000 of CocoCorp bonds at face value on January 2, 2018. The CocoCorp bonds pay interest at the annual rate of 8% on June 30 and December 31 and mature on December 31, 2022. League Up intends to hold the investment until maturity.

Requirements

1. How would the bond investment be classified on League Up’s December 31, 2018, balance sheet?

Short Answer

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Bonds investment will bereported on the balance sheet as a long-term investment.

Step by step solution

01

Definition of Interest Rate

The percentage rate that will be used to determine the interest to be paid on the borrowed amount is known as the interest rate.

02

Classification of Bond Investment

The bonds will be reported as held-to-maturity security under long-term investment in the company’s balance sheet.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Computing rate of return on total assets

Montane Exploration Company reported these figures for 2018 and 2017:

Income statement: Partial

2018

2017

Interest expenses

\(16,700,000

\)16,500,000

Net income

16,900,000

20,200,000

Balance sheet: Partial

Dec 31, 2018

Dec 31, 2017

Total assets

\(316,000,000

\)420,000,000

Compute the rate of return on total assets for 2018. (Round to two decimals.)

Accounting for equity investments

Money Man Investments completed the following transactions during 2018:

Jan. 14 Purchased 400 shares of Technomite stock, paying \(56 per share. The investment represents 25% ownership in Technomite’s voting stock and Money Man has significant influence over Technomite. Money Man intends to hold the investment for the indefinite future.

Aug. 22 Received a cash dividend of \)0.27 per share on the Technomite stock.

Dec. 31 Technomite’s current market value is \(51 per share.

31 Technomite reported net income of \)180,000 for the year ended 2018.

Requirements

1. Journalize Money Man’s transactions. Explanations are not required.

Question: Wild Adventure conducts tours of wildlife reserves around the world. The company recently purchased a lodge in Adelaide, Australia, securing a 4% mortgage from First Bank. In addition to monthly payments, Wild Adventure must provide annual reports to the bank showing that the company has a current ratio of 1.2 or better. After reviewing the annual reports, the CEO, N. O. Scrooge, approached Carl Hauptfleisch, the CFO, and stated, “We’ve decided we are going to move all our long-term debt investments into our brokerage account so we can sell them soon. Carl, go ahead and make the adjusting entries as of the current year-end.” Carl made the adjustments even though he doesn’t think the company will actually go ahead with the planned sale of the long-term debt investments. The subsequent year, the economy turned, and the company’s travel revenues dropped more than 60%. Wild Adventure eventually defaulted on the First Bank loan.

Requirements

1. What effect did the adjustments have on the financial statements? What effect did the adjustments have on the current ratio?

Where on the financial statements is an unrealized holding gain or loss on available-for-sale debt investments reported?

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.

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