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Amalgamated General Corporation is a consulting firm that also offers financial services through its credit division. From time to time the company buys and sells securities. The following selected transactions relate to Amalgamated's investment activities during the last quarter of 2021 and the first month of 2022. The only securities held by Amalgamated at October 1, 2021 were $30 million of 10% bonds of Kansas Abstractors, Inc., purchased on May 1, 2021 at face value and held in Amalgamated's trading securities portfolio. The company's fiscal year ends on December 31. es 2021 Oct. 18 Purchased 2 million shares of Millwork Ventures Company common stock for $58 million. Millwork has a total of 30 million shares issued. 31 Received semiannual interest of $1.5 million from the Kansas Abstractors bonds. Nov. 1 Purchased 104 bonds of Holistic Entertainment Enterprises at their $18 million face value, to be held until they mature in 2031. Semiannual interest is payable April 30 and October 31. 1 Sold the Kansas Abstractors bonds for $28 million because rising interest rates are expected to cause their fair value to continue to fall. No unrealized gains and losses had been recorded on these bonds previously, Dec. 1 Purchased 124 bonds of Household Plastics Corporation at their $60 million face value, to be held until they mature in 2031. Seniannual interest is payable May 31 and November 30. 20 Purchased U. S. Treasury bonds for $5.6 million as trading securities, hoping to earn profits on short-term differences in prices. 21 Purchased 4 million shares of NXS Corporation's 50 million shares of common stock for $44 million, planning to hold these shares until market conditions encourage their sale. 23 Sold the Treasury bonds for $5.7 million. 29 Received cash dividends of $3 million from the Millwork Ventures Company shares of common stock. 31 Recorded any necessary adjusting entries relating to the investments. The market price of the Millwork Ventures Company common stock was $27.50 per share and $11.50 per share for the NXS Corporation common stock. The fair values of the bond investments were $58.7 million for Household Plastics Corporation and $16.7 million for Holistic Entertainment Enterprises. 2022 Jan 7 Sold the NXS Corporation common stock shares for $43 million. Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entry for each transaction or event. Use one summary entry on December 31 to adjust the portfolio of equity investments to fair value. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Do not round Intermediate calculations. Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place, (.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).) View transaction list

Answer 1

Journal Entries in the books of Amalgamated General Corporation

Date	Account Name	Debit($ in millions)	Credit($ in millions)
2021
Oct,18	Investment in Preference shares of Millwork ventures	58
	Cash		58
Oct,31	Cash	1.5
	Investment Revenue		1.5
Nov,1	Investment in Holistic entertainment Bonds	18
	Cash		18
Nov,1	Cash	28
	Loss on sale	2
	Investments in Kanas bonds		30
Dec 1	Investment in 12% Household Plastic bonds	60
	Cash		60
Dec,20	Investment in US Treasury Bonds	5.6
	Cash		5.6
Dec,21	Investment in NXS Common shares	44
	Cash		44
Dec,23	Cash	5.7
	Investment US Treasury Bonds		5.6
	Gain on sale		0.1
Dec,29	Cash	3
	Inestment Revenue		3

Dec,31	Investment revenue Receivable from Holistic (18*10%*2/12)	0.3
	Investment Revenue Receivable from Household plastic(60*12%*1/12)	0.6
	Investment revenue		0.9
	Adjusting entries
Dec,31	Net Holding unrealised Gains/losses (2*27.5-58)	3
	Fair Value Adjustment		3
	Fair Value Adjustment	2
	Net Holding unrealised Gains/losses		2
	Closing Entries
	Net Holding unrealised Gains/losses	2
	Investment Revenue(3+1.5+0.9)	5.4
	Gain on sale of Investments	0.1
	Loss on sale of Investments		2
	Income summary		5.5
Jan 7	Cash	43
	Loss on sale	1
	Investment in NXS		44