Financial & Managerial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
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Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
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Chapter 13, Problem 21EX

a)

To determine

Available-for-sale securities:

These are short-term or long-term investments in debt and equity securities with an intention of holding the investment for some strategic purposes like meeting liquidity needs, or manage interest risk.

Journal entry:

Journal entry is a set of economic events which can be measured in monetary terms. These are recorded chronologically and systematically.

Debit and credit rules:

  • Debit an increase in asset account, increase in expense account, decrease in liability account, and decrease in stockholders’ equity accounts.
  • Credit decrease in asset account, increase in revenue account, increase in liability account, and increase in stockholders’ equity accounts.

To journalize: The stock investment transactions in the books of Incorporation H.

b)

To determine

To describe: The accounting treatment of available-for-sale securities, which makes it distinct from trading securities.

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