Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781305088436
Author: Carl Warren, Jim Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 15, Problem 16E
(a)
To determine
Journalize the year-end valuation of trading securities transaction.
(b)
To determine
Journalize the purchase of stock investment transaction in the books of Incorporation JB.
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