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Chapter 13: Q17-7Q (page 658)

Question: At what amount should trading, available-for-sale, and held-to-maturity debt securities be reported on the balance sheet?

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Trading and available-for-sale are reported on the fair of the securities, whereas held-to-maturity securities are treated as amortized costs while reporting it.

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Definition of held-to-maturity debt securities

Held-to-maturity is a type of debt security that the company holds until the maturity of the debt security.

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Reporting in balance sheet

Trading debt securities are reported on the fair value. Securities available-for-sale is also reported on the fair value of the security. The fair value of securities will be in the same currency used at the time of the issue. Securities held-to-maturity is treated as the amortized cost while reporting it.

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for \(400,000 and, at the end of 2017, have a remaining life of 3 years with annual interest payments at 10%, paid at the end of each year. This debt investment is classified as held-for-collection. Keune is facing a tough economical environment and informs all of its investors that it will be unable to make all payments according to the contractul terms. The controller of Komissarov has prepared the following revised expected cash flow forecast for this bond investment.

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Instructions

(a) Determine the impairement loss for Komissarov at December31, 2017.

(b) Prepare the entry to record the impairement loss for Komissarov at Decembber 31, 2017.

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Cheryl Thomas has recently joined Brooks as assistant controller, and her first assignment is to prepare the 2017 year-endadjusting entries for the accounts that are valued by the “fair value” rule for financial reporting purposes. Thomas has gatheredthe following information about Brooks’ pertinent accounts.

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Instructions

(a) Prepare the appropriate adjusting entries for Brooks as of December 31, 2017, to reflect the application of the “fairvalue” rule for the securities described above.

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(c) Prepare the entries for the Norton investment, assuming that Brooks owns 25% of Norton’s shares. Norton reportedincome of \)500,000 in 2017 and paid cash dividends of $100,000.
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