June 2012
Beginner
548 pages
15h 16m
English
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Problem Solving Survival Guide to accompany Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
by Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso
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EXERCISE 12-2
Purpose: (L.O. 3, 5) This exercise will illustrate how to record and report transactions related to an investment in stock classified as non-trading securities.
The Jan Larson Corporation had the following transactions pertaining to a temporary investment in equity securities classified as non-trading (transactions are listed in chronological order):
- Purchased 1,000 shares of PW Corporation common stock for $25,000 cash plus $370 in brokerage fees.
- Received cash dividends of $2 per share on PW common stock.
- Sold 400 shares of PW common stock for $11,000 less brokerage fees of $170.
- Received cash dividends of $2 per share on PW common stock.
- Sold 300 shares of PW common stock for $7,200 less brokerage fees of $100.
- Adjusted the accounts and prepared financial statements. The market price of PW common stock at the balance sheet date was $26 per share.
Instructions
- (a) Prepare all of the relevant journal entries to record the transactions and events listed above.
- (b) List the resulting account balances at December 31 and also indicate the classification of each of the accounts (other than Cash) used in the journal entries.
- (c) Explain how your answers to (a) and (b) above would change if the Jan Larson Corporation classifies the PW common stock as a long-term investment. (The investor does not have significant influence over the investee).
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