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Question 1 - Shamrock Corporation purchased for $288,000 a 25% interest in Murphy, Inc. This investment enables Shamrock to exert significant influence over Murphy. During the year, Murphy earned net income of $173,000 and paid dividends of $54,000.
Prepare Shamrock's journal entries related to this investment.
Question 2 - Windsor Company invests $10,100,000 in 5% fixed rate corporate bonds on January 1, 2017. All the bonds are classified as available-for-sale and are purchased at par. At year-end, market interest rates have declined, and the fair value of the bonds is now $10,675,000. Interest is paid on January 1.
Prepare journal entries for Windsor Company to (a) record the transactions related to these bonds in 2017, assuming Windsor does not elect the fair option; and (b) record the transactions related to these bonds in 2017, assuming that Windsor Company elects the fair value option to account for these bonds.
Question 3 - Presented below are two independent cases related to available-for-sale debt investments.
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Case 1
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Case 2
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Amortized cost
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$36,310
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$105,500
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Fair value
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27,230
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114,530
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Expected credit losses
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22,700
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98,260
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For each case, determine the amount of impairment loss, if any.
Question 4 - The following are two independent situations.
Situation 1 - Bramble Cosmetics acquired 10% of the 215,000 shares of common stock of Martinez Fashion at a total cost of $12 per share on March 18, 2017. On June 30, Martinez declared and paid $74,400 cash dividend to all stockholders. On December 31, Martinez reported net income of $133,600 for the year. At December 31, the market price of Martinez Fashion was $13 per share.
Situation 2 - Sunland, Inc. obtained significant influence over Seles Corporation by buying 30% of Seles's 28,500 outstanding shares of common stock at a total cost of $9 per share on January 1, 2017. On June 15, Seles declared and paid cash dividends of $35,400. On December 31, Seles reported a net income of $91,800 for the year.
Prepare all necessary journal entries in 2017 for both situations.
Question 5 - Pina Corporation has municipal bonds classified as a held-to-maturity at December 31, 2017. These bonds have a par value of $876,000, an amortized cost of $876,000, and a fair value of $795,000. The company believes that impairment accounting is now appropriate for these bonds.
Prepare the journal entry to recognize the impairment.
What is the new cost basis of the municipal bonds?
Given that the maturity value of the bonds is $876,000, should Pina Corporation amortize the difference between the carrying amount and the maturity value over the life of the bonds?
At December 31, 2018, the fair value of the municipal bonds is $831,000. Prepare the entry (if any) to record this information.
Question 6 - On August 15, 2016, Splish Co. invested idle cash by purchasing a call option on Counting Crows Inc. common shares for $684. The notional value of the call option is 760 shares, and the option price is $76. The option expires on January 31, 2017. The following data are available with respect to the call option.
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Date
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Market Price of Counting
Crows Shares
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Time Value of Call
Option
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September 30, 2016
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$91 per share
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$342
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December 31, 2016
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$87 per share
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124
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January 15, 2017
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$89 per share
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57
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Prepare the journal entries for Splish for the following dates.
(a) Investment in call option on Counting Crows shares on August 15, 2016.
(b) September 30, 2016-Splish prepares financial statements.
(c) December 31, 2016-Splish prepares financial statements.
(d) January 15, 2017-Splish settles the call option on the Counting Crows shares.