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Chapter 12: Q22. (page 610)
Explain why reclassification adjustments are necessary.
Reclassification adjustments are necessary because they help in the treatment of realized profit and gain.
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Question: Why are held-to-maturity investments applicable only to debt securities?
What is the purpose of a fair value hedge?
(Accounting for Pre-Opening Costs) After securing lease commitments from several major stores, Auer Shopping Center, Inc. was organized and built a shopping center in a growing suburb.
The shopping center would have opened on schedule on January 1, 2017, if it had not been struck by a severe tornado in December. Instead, it opened for business on October 1, 2017. All of the additional construction costs that were incurred as a result of the tornado were covered by insurance.
In July 2016, in anticipation of the scheduled January opening, a permanent staff had been hired to promote the shopping center, obtain tenants for the uncommitted space, and manage the property.
A summary of some of the costs incurred in 2016 and the first nine months of 2017 follows.
2016 | January 1, 2017, through September 30, 2017 | |
Interest on mortgage bonds | \(720,000 | \)540,000 |
Cost of obtaining tenants | 300,000 | 360,000 |
Promotional advertising | 540,000 | 557,000 |
The promotional advertising campaign was designed to familiarize shoppers with the center. Had it been known in time that the center would not open until October 2017, the 2016 expenditure for promotional advertising would not have been made. The advertising had to be repeated in 2017.
All of the tenants who had leased space in the shopping center at the time of the tornado accepted the October occupancy date on the condition that the monthly rental charges for the first 9 months of 2017 be canceled.
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Explain how each of the costs for 2016 and the first 9 months of 2017 should be treated in the accounts of the shopping center corporation. Give the reasons for each treatment.
Raleigh Corp. has an investment with a carrying value (equity method) on its books of \(170,000 representing a 30% interest in Borg Company, which suffered a \)620,000 loss this year. How should Raleigh Corp. handle its proportionate share of Borg鈥檚 loss?
(Investment Classifications)For the following investments, identify whether they are:
1. Trading debt securities.
2. Available-for-sale debt securities.
3. Held-to-maturity debt securities.
4. None of the above.
Each case is independent of the other.
(a) A bond that will mature in 4 years was bought 1 month ago when the price dropped. As soon as the value increases,
which is expected next month, it will be sold.
(b) 10% of the outstanding stock of Farm-Co was purchased. The company is planning on eventually getting a total of 30%
of its outstanding stock.
(c) Bonds were purchased in December of this year. The bonds are expected to be sold in January of next year.
(d) Bonds that will mature in 5 years are purchased. The company would like to hold them until they mature, but money
has been tight recently and they may need to be sold.
(e) Preferred stock was purchased for its constant dividend. The company is planning to hold the preferred stock for a long time.
(f) A bond that matures in 10 years was purchased. The company is investing money set aside for an expansion project
planned 10 years from now.
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