Question

Brief Exercise 12-5 Available-for-sale securities [LO12-4] S&L Financial buys and sells securities which it classifies as available-for-sale. On December 27, 2018, S&L purchased Coca-Cola bonds at par for $875,000 and sold the bonds on January 3, 2019, for $880,000. At December 31, the bonds had a fair value of $873,000, and S&L has the intent and ability to hold the investment until fair value recovers. Prepare journal entries to record (a) any unrealized gains or losses occurring in 2018 and (b) the sale of the bonds in 2019, including recognition of any unrealized gains in 2019 prior to sale and reclassification of amounts out of OCI. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) Journal entry 1. Record the entry for fair value adjustment of (Dec 31, 2018) 2. Record the entry to adjust to fair value on the date of sale (January 03, 2019) 3. record the entry to reverse the previous fair value adjustment (January 03, 2019) 4. Record the entry for sale of investment in Coca Cola bonds (January 03, 2019) Total 4 Journal entry...

Answer 1

Date	Accounts and explanations	Debit ($)	Credit ($)
27-12-18	Coca-Cola Bond	875000
	Bank		875000
	(Being coca cola bond purchased)
31-12-18	Profit and loss account (875000 - 873000)	2000
	Coca-Cola Bond		2000
	(Being fair value of bond adjusted giants profit and loss account)
03-01-19	Bank	880000
	Coca-Cola Bond (875000 -2000)		873000
	Profit and loss account (880000 -873000)		7000
	(Being the Coca-Cola bond sold and the profit is recognized)