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Chapter 13: Q2IFRS (page 658)
Briefly describe some of the similarities and differences between GAAP and IFRS with respect to the accounting for
investments.
Similarities are the classification of investments, fair value and amortised cost.
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(Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity Debt Securities Entries) The following information relates to the debt
securities investments of Wildcat Company.
1. On February 1, the company purchased 10% bonds of Gibbons Co. having a par value of \(300,000 at 100 plus accrued interest.
Interest is payable on April 1 and October 1.
2. On April 1, semiannual interest is received
3. On July 1, 9% of bonds of Sampson, Inc. were purchased. These bonds with a par value of \)200,000 were purchased at 100
plus accrued interest. Interest dates are June 1 and December 1.
4. On September 1, bonds with a par value of $60,000, purchased on February 1, are sold at 99 plus accrued interest.
5. On October 1, semiannual interest is received.
6. On December 1, semiannual interest is received.
7. On December 31, the fair value of the bonds purchased February 1 and July 1 were 95 and 93, respectively.
Instructions
(a) Prepare any journal entries you consider necessary, including year-end entries (December 31), assuming these are
available-for-sale securities.
(b) If Wildcat classified these as held-to-maturity investments, explain how the journal entries would differ from those in part (a).
Under what conditions must an employer accrue a liability for the cost of compensated absences?
Define a provision, and give three examples of a provision.
(Equity Method) Parent Co. invested $1,000,000 in Sub Co. for 25% of its outstanding stock. Sub Co. pays out
40% of net income in dividends each year.
Instructions
Use the information in the following T-account for the investment in Sub to answer the following questions.
Investment in Sub Co.
1,000,000
110,000
44,000
(a) How much was Parent Co.鈥檚 share of Sub Co.鈥檚 net income for the year?
(b) What was Sub Co.鈥檚 total net income for the year?
(c) What were Sub Co.鈥檚 total dividends for the year?
(d) How much was Parent Co.鈥檚 share of Sub Co.鈥檚 dividends for the year?
If the bonds in Question 8 are classified as available-for-sale, and they have a fair value at December 31, 2017, of $3,604,000, prepare the journal entry (if any) at December 31, 2017, to record this transaction.
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