Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter E, Problem 1QC
To determine
To Explain: The reason for a company to invest in another company.
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Answer to Problem 1QC
Option D is the correct answer.
Explanation of Solution
Investment:
It refers to the process of using the currently held excess cash to earn profitable returns in future. The investments can be made in equity securities such as shares or debt securities such as bonds.
The company invests in another company for a short-term basis and long-term basis. They invest on short term basis to earn additional capital in the form of interest and dividends. A company invests in another company for long-term basis in order to gain influence over another company.
Option a, b, and c is all correct statements for a company to invest in another company. Hence, the option D all the above is the correct answer.
Conclusion
Therefore, Option D is the correct answer.
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Chapter E Solutions
Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
Ch. E - Prob. 1QCCh. E - Rolling Hills Productions held investments in...Ch. E - Prob. 3QCCh. E - Crandall's investment is in less than 2% of...Ch. E - Dumois Corporation purchased 1,500 shares of...Ch. E - Prob. 6QCCh. E - Use the Dumois Corporation data in question 5....Ch. E - Prob. 8QCCh. E - Prob. 9QCCh. E - Prob. 10QC
Ch. E - Prob. E.1SCh. E - (Learning Objective 2: Account for investments in...Ch. E - Prob. E.3SCh. E - Prob. E.4SCh. E - Prob. E.5SCh. E - Prob. E.6SCh. E - Prob. E.7SCh. E - Prob. E.8SCh. E - Prob. E.9SCh. E - Prob. E.10SCh. E - (Learning Objective 5: Record a held-to-maturity...Ch. E - Prob. E.12SCh. E - (Learning Objective 5: Calculate and record...Ch. E - Prob. E.14SCh. E - Prob. E.15SCh. E - Prob. E.16SCh. E - Prob. E.17AECh. E - (Learning Objective 2: Record transactions for...Ch. E - (Learning Objective 2: Analyze and report...Ch. E - Prob. E.20AECh. E - Prob. E.21AECh. E - Prob. E.22AECh. E - Prob. E.23AECh. E - Prob. E.24BECh. E - Prob. E.25BECh. E - (Learning Objective 2: Analyze and report...Ch. E - (Learning Objective 3: Account for transactions...Ch. E - Prob. E.28BECh. E - Prob. E.29BECh. E - Prob. E.30BECh. E - Prob. E.31QCh. E - Prob. E.32QCh. E - Prob. E.33QCh. E - Prob. E.34QCh. E - Prob. E.35QCh. E - Dividends received on an equity-method investment...Ch. E - Prob. E.37QCh. E - Prob. E.38QCh. E - Prob. E.39APCh. E - (Learning Objectives 2, 3: Analyze and report...Ch. E - (Learning Objectives 2, 3: Analyze and report...Ch. E - Prob. E.42APCh. E - Prob. E.43BPCh. E - LO 2, 3 (Learning Objectives 2, 3: Analyze and...Ch. E - Prob. E.45BPCh. E - Prob. E.46BPCh. E - Prob. E.47DC
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