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Chapter 12: 22Q (page 637)
Indicate the proper accounting for the following items.
All charged to the current operation.
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Franklin Corp. has a debt investment that it has held for several years. When it purchased the debt investment, Franklin classified and accounted for it as an available-for-sale. Can Franklin use the fair value option for this investment? Explain.
On January 1, 2017, Dagwood Company purchased at par 6%
bonds having a maturity value of $300,000. They are dated January 1, 2017, and mature January 1, 2022, with interest received
on January 1 of each year. The bonds are classified in the held-to-maturity category.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the journal entry at the date of the bond purchase.
(b) Prepare the journal entry to record the interest revenue on December 31, 2017.
(c) Prepare the journal entry to record the interest received on January 1, 2018.
Indicate how unrealized holding gains and losses should be reported for debt investments classified as trading, available-for-sale, and held-to-maturity.
What is the nature of research and development costs?
Taylor Swift Corporation purchases a patent from Salmon Company on January 1, 2017, for $54,000. The patent has a remaining legal life of 16 years. Taylor Swift feels the patent will be useful for 10 years. Prepare Taylor Swift’s journal entries to record the purchase of the patent and 2017 amortization.
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