2 Semester Cengage Now, Warren Accounting
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Author: WARREN
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.21EX
(a)
To determine
Available-for-sale securities: These are short-term or long-term investments in debt and equity securities with an intention of holding the investment for some strategic purposes like meeting liquidity needs, or manage interest risk.
Debit and credit rules:
- Debit an increase in asset account, increase in expense account, decrease in liability account, and decrease in
stockholders’ equity accounts. - Credit decrease in asset account, increase in revenue account, increase in liability account, and increase in stockholders’ equity accounts.
To journalize: The stock investment transactions in the books of Incorporation H.
(b)
To determine
To describe: The accounting treatment of available-for-sale securities, which makes it distinct from trading securities.
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