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Reporting Passive Investments (AP1 2-3)During January 2011, Pareto Glass Company purchased...

Reporting Passive Investments (AP1 2-3)

During January 2011, Pareto Glass Company purchased the following securities as its long-term sccurities available for sale investment portfolio:

   D Corporation Common Stock : 11,000 shares (95,000 outstanding) at $9 per share

   F Corporation Bonds: $300.000 (20- year. 8 percent) purchased at par (not to be held to maturity )

Subsequent to acquisition, the following data were available :

 

2011

2012

Net income reported at December 31:

 

 

    D Corporation

$31,000

$41,000

    F Corporation

$360,000

$,550,000

Dividends and interest paid during the year:

 

 

    D Corporation common stock divid ends (per share)

$0.70

$ 0.80

    F Corporation bonds interest

$24,000

$24,000

Fair value at December 31:

 

 

    D Corporation common stock (per share)

$8.00

$9.50

    F Corporation bonds

$,280,000

$29 0.000

Required:

1 . What accounting method should be used for the investment in D common stock? F bonds? Why?

2. Give the journal entries for the company for each year in parallel columns (if none. explain why) for each of the following:

a. Purchase of the investments.

b. Income reported by D and F Corporations.

c. Dividend s and interest received from D and F Corporations.

d. Fair value effects at year-end.

3. For each year. show how the following amounts should be reported on the financial statements:

a. Long-term investments.

b. Stoc kholders' equity-net unreal ized losses/gain s.

c. Revenues.

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