17 Investments BRIEF EXERCISES
BRIEF EXERCISES
BE17-1 (L01) Garfield Company purchased, on January 1, 2017, as a held-to-maturity investment, $80,000 of the 9%, 5-year bonds of Chester Corporation for $74,086, which provides an 11% return. Prepare Garfield’s journal entries for (a) the purchase of the investment, and (b) the receipt of annual interest and discount amortization. Assume effective-interest amortization is used.
BE17-2 (L01) 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.
BE17-3 (L01) Carow Corporation purchased on January 1, 2017, as a held-to-maturity investment, $60,000 of the 8%, 5-year bonds of Harrison, Inc. for $65,118, which provides a 6% return. The bonds pay interest semiannually. Prepare Carow’s journal entries for (a) the purchase of the investment, and (b) the receipt of semiannual interest and premium amortization. Assume effective-interest amortization is used.
BE17-4 (L01) Hendricks Corporation purchased trading investment bonds for $50,000 at par. At December 31, Hendricks received annual interest of $2,000, and the fair value of the bonds was $47,400. Prepare Hendricks’ journal entries for (a) the purchase of the investment, (b) the interest received, and (c) the fair value adjustment. (Assume a zero balance in the Fair Value Adjustment account.)
BE17-5 (L02) Fairbanks Corporation purchased 400 shares of Sherman Inc. common stock for $13,200 (Fairbanks does not have significant influence). During the year, Sherman paid a cash dividend of $3.25 per share. At year-end, Sherman stock was selling for $34.50 per share. Prepare Fairbanks’ journal entries to record (a) the purchase of the investment, (b) the dividends received, and (c) the fair value adjustment. (Assume a zero balance in the Fair Value Adjustment account.)
BE17-6 (L02) 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.
BE17-7 (L03) Zoop Corporation purchased for $300,000 a 30% interest in Murphy, Inc. This investment enables Zoop to exert significant influence over Murphy. During the year, Murphy earned net income of $180,000 and paid dividends of $60,000. Prepare Zoop’s journal entries related to this investment.
BE17-8 (L02) Cleveland Company has a stock portfolio valued at $4,000. Its cost was $3,300. If the Fair Value Adjustment account has a debit balance of $200, prepare the journal entry at year-end.
BE17-9 (L02,4) The following information relates to Moran Co. for the year ended December 31, 2017: net income $1,245.7 million; unrealized holding loss of $10.9 million related to available-for-sale debt securities during the year; accumulated other comprehensive income of $57.2 million on December 31, 2016. Assuming no other changes in accumulated other comprehensive income, determine (a) other comprehensive income for 2017, (b) comprehensive income for 2017, and (c) accumulated other comprehensive income at December 31, 2017.
BE17-10 (L04) Hillsborough Co. has a held-to-maturity investment in the bonds of Schuyler Corp. with a carrying value of $70,000. Hillsborough determined that due to poor economic prospects for Schuyler, the bonds have decreased in value to $60,000. It is determined that this loss in value is uncollectible. Prepare the journal entry, if any, to record the reduction in value.
BE17-11 (L04) Stave Company invests $10,000,000 in 5% fixed rate corporate bonds on January 1, 2017. All the bonds are classified as available-for-sale and are purchased at par. At year-end, market interest rates have declined, and the fair value of the bonds is now $10,600,000. Interest is paid on January 1. Prepare journal entries for Stave Company to (a) record the transactions related to these bonds in 2017, assuming Stave does not elect the fair option; and (b) record the transactions related to these bonds in 2017, assuming that Stave Company elects the fair value option to account for these bonds.
BE17-12 (L04) Michek Company loans Sarasota Company $2,000,000 at 6% for 3 years on January 1, 2017. Michek intends to hold this loan to maturity. The fair value of the loan at the end of each reporting period is as follows.
December 31, 2017 $2,050,000
December 31, 2018 2,020,000
December 31, 2019 2,000,000
Prepare the journal entry(ies) at December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2019, for Michek related to these bonds, assuming (a) it does not use the fair value option, and (b) it uses the fair value option. Interest is paid on January 1.
BE17-13 (L04) Presented below are two independent cases related to available-for-sale debt investments.
Case 1 Case 2
Amortized cost $40,000 $100,000
Fair value 30,000 110,000
Expected credit losses 25,000 92,000
For each case, determine the amount of impairment loss, if any.
