December 2010
Intermediate to advanced
848 pages
31h 28m
English
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EXERCISES
E8-1
Accounting for short-term equity securities
Monroe Auto Supplies engaged in several transactions involving short-term equity securities during 2011, shown in the following list. The company had never invested in equity securities prior to 2011. All securities were classified as trading securities.
- Purchased 1,000 shares of IBM for $50 per share.
- Purchased 500 shares of General Motors for $80 per share.
- Sold 750 shares of IBM for $60 per share.
- Received a dividend of $1.50 per share from General Motors. Assume that the dividend was declared in a previous period.
- Purchased 200 shares of Xerox for $40 per share.
- Sold the remaining 250 shares of IBM for $30 per share.
- Sold the 200 shares of Xerox for $58 per share.
- Sold the 500 shares of General Motors for $60 per share.
a. Prepare journal entries for each transaction.
b. What effect did these transactions have on the company's 2011 net income?
E8-2
Mark-to-market accounting
The following information was extracted from the December 31, 2011, current asset section of the balance sheets of four different companies:
There were no transactions in short-term equity securities during 2012, and as of December 31, 2012, the controllers of each company collected the following information:
a. Compute the change in the wealth levels ...
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