Classifying and accounting for debt and equity investments

Jetway Corporation generated excess cash and invested in securities as follows: 2018

Jul. 2 Purchased 4,200 shares of Pogo, Inc. common stock at \(12.00 per share. Jetway plans to sell the stock within three months, when the company will need the cash for normal operations. Jetway does not have significant influence over Pogo.

Aug. 21 Received a cash dividend of \)0.80 per share on the Pogo stock investment.

Sep. 16 Sold the Pogo stock for \(13.40 per share.

Oct. 1 Purchased a Violet bond for \)20,000 at face value. Jetway classifies the investment as trading and short-term.

Dec. 31 Received a \(100 interest payment from Violet.

31 Adjusted the Violet bond to its market value of \)22,000.

Requirements

Where is the unrealized holding gain or loss associated with the trading debt investment reported?

Short Answer

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The net income of the business entity will include the unrealized holding gain or loss from the trading debt investment.

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Definition of Holding Gain

The gains generated by the business entity by holding an asset due to an increase in the value of the asset is known as holding gain.

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Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss Associated with Trading Debt

The unrealized holding gains of $2,000 from trading debt investment will be reported in the income statement and included in the net income.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Question: S10-5 Accounting for debt investments

On February 1, 2018, Bell Co. decides to invest excess cash of \(16,800 by purchasing a Grant, Inc. bond at face value. At year-end, December 31, 2018, the fair value of the Grant bond was \)19,600. The investment is categorized as a trading debt investment.

Requirements

1. Journalize the transactions for Bell’s investment in Grant, Inc. for 2018.

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

4. Where is the unrealized holding gain or loss associated with the Lili stock reported?

Identifying why companies invest and classifying investments

Garden Haven has excess cash of $15,000 at the end of the harvesting season. Garden Haven will need this cash in four months for normal operations.

Requirements

What type of classification would Garden Haven’s investment fall within—short-term or long-term? Why?

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

What type of information in the financial reports would have helped the bank detect this reclassification?

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

2. Journalize the following on League Up’s books:

a. Receipt of final interest payment on December 31, 2022.

b. Disposition of the investment at maturity on December 31, 2022

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