1. Company is doing investment in securities for the purpose of short term gain. It's short term investment of the company because company has intention to sell in 1 month.
2. 15/12 Investment in shares a/c dr 46000
to Bank 46000
31/12 Investment in shares a/c 23000 (69-46)*1000
to Unrealised gain on investment 23000
3. Balance Sheet
Investment
Short Term Investment 69000
Income Statement
Other Income
Unrealised gain on Investment 23000
Group B ES-27B. (Learning Objective 1: Apply GAAP for short-term investments) Northern Corporation, the investment banking...
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