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On March 31, 2018, Chow Brothers, Inc., bought 10% of KT Manufacturing’s capital stock for $50 million. KT’s net income for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $80 million. The fair value of the shares held by Chow was $35 million at December 31, 2018. KT did not declare or pay a dividend during 2018.

Required:
1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries related to the investment during 2018.

2. Assume that Chow sold the stock on January 20, 2019 for $30 million. Prepare the journal entry Sanborn would use to record the sale.

journal entry for #1

1.Record the purchase of KT Manufacturing’s capital stock for $50 million.

2. Record the entry for KT’s net income.

3 Record the fair value adjustment.

jounal entry for #2 1. Record the sale of stock on January 20, 2019 for $30 million.

As a long-term investment at the beginning of the 2018 fiscal year, Florists International purchased 30% of Nursery Supplies Inc.’s 8 million shares for $56 million. The fair value and book value of the shares were the same at that time. During the year, Nursery Supplies earned net income of $40 million and distributed cash dividends of $1.25 per share. At the end of the year, the fair value of the shares is $52 million.

Required:
Prepare the appropriate journal entries from the purchase through the end of the year. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select “No journal entry required” in the first account field. Enter your answers in millions, (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)

1 Record the investment in Nursery Supplies shares.

2 Record the investment revenue in Nursery Supplies shares.

3 Record the cash dividends received from Nursery Supplies shares.

4 Record fair value adjustment at year-end.

Tanner-UNF Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $240 million of 6% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2018. The market interest rate (yield) was 8% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Tanner-UNF paid $200 million for the bonds. The company will receive interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. Company management has classified the bonds as available-for-sale investments. As a result of changing market conditions, the fair value of the bonds at December 31, 2018, was $210 million.

Required:
1. & 2. Prepare the journal entry to record Tanner-UNF’s investment in the bonds on July 1, 2018 and interest on December 31, 2018, at the effective (market) rate.

transaction list 1 Record Tanner-UNF’s investment in the bonds on July 1, 2018. 2 Record interest on December 31, 2018.

3. Prepare any additional journal entry necessary for Tanner-UNF to report its investment in the December 31, 2018, balance sheet.

transaction list
Record interest on December 31, 2018.

4. Suppose Moody’s bond rating agency downgraded the risk rating of the bonds motivating Tanner-UNF to sell the investment on January 2, 2019, for $190 million. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the sale, including updating the fair-value adjustment, recording any reclassification adjustment, and recording the sale.

transactin list 1. Record the entry for fair-value adjustment, AFS investment. 2 Record the entry for reclassification adjustment.3 Record the sale of the investment by Tanner-UNF.

Expert Answer

 

Date Accounts Debit Credit
1 Mar 31, 2018 Investment in Trading Securities(KT) $        50,000,000
Cash $        50,000,000
2 No entry
3 Dec 31, 2018 Unrealized Loss-Trading Securities(KT) $        15,000,000
Investment in Trading Securities(KT) $        15,000,000
4 Jan 20, 2019 Cash $        30,000,000
Loss on sale of trading securities $          5,000,000
Investment in Trading Securities(KT) $        35,000,000
Note: Since ownership less than 10%, fair value method is used for journal entry.
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