Hotshot Ltd. has been very successful in the past few years despite the recent pandemic. They have decided to invest their extra cash in passive equity investments of other corporations to receive dividends or flip the shares for profit. Hotshot currently follows ASPE but are thinking of going public in 2022 to further expand their operations. What accounting alternatives are available to Hotshot to account for their investments during 2021, and when they go public in 2022?
Hotshot Ltd. has been very successful in the past few years despite the recent pandemic. They have decided to invest their extra cash in passive equity investments of other corporations to receive dividends or flip the shares for profit. Hotshot currently follows ASPE but are thinking of going public in 2022 to further expand their operations. What accounting alternatives are available to Hotshot to account for their investments during 2021, and when they go public in 2022?
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Hotshot Ltd. has been very successful in the past few years despite the recent pandemic. They have decided to invest their extra cash in passive equity investments of other corporations to receive dividends or flip the shares for profit. Hotshot currently follows ASPE but are thinking of going public in 2022 to further expand their operations. What accounting alternatives are available to Hotshot to account for their investments during 2021, and when they go public in 2022?
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