(Q1 to Q 3 )Beresford Inc. purchased several investments in debt securities duri
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(Q1 to Q 3 )Beresford Inc. purchased several investments in debt securities during 2018, its first year of operations. The following information pertains to these securities. The fluctuations in their fair values are not considered permanent. Amortized Cost Held to Maturity Fair Value 2/31/2017 12/31/2018 12/31/2017 12/31/2018 Fair Value Amortized Cost Securities: ABC Co. Bonds 375,000 s 400,000 s 367,500 360,000 Trading Securities: 12/31/2017 12/31/2018 Fair Value Fair Value Cost DEF Co. Bonds s 48,000 59,500 66,000 s 47,000 $ 77,000 S 39,000 s 44,000 38,500 32,900 Fair Value Fair Value GEH Inc. Bonds IJK Inc. Bonds Available for Sale Securities: LMN Co. Bonds 12/31/2017 12/31/2018 Cost 130,500 150,400 140,000 1) What balance sheet amount would Beresford report for the total of its investments in debt securities at 12/31/2017? A) $637,000. B) S644,500. C) $645,400. D) None of these answer choices are correct 2) What would be the balance in Beresford's accumulated other comprehensive income with respect to these investments in its 12/31/2019 balance sheet (ignore taxes)? A) $55,100 B) $26,500. C) $10,400 D) None of these answer choices are correct. 3) What total unrealized holding gain would Beresford report in its 2019 income statement relative to its investments in debt securities? A) $55,900. B) $36,000. C) $80,900. D) $48,200.Explanation / Answer
Answer(1): Option B is correct In the balance sheet , the held to maturity securities are reported at Amortised Cost & other investment are reported at Fair Value Amount ABC CO. Bond 375000 DEF Co. Bond 48000 GEH Bond 47000 IJK Bond 44000 LMN Co. Bond 130500 Total 644500 Answer(2):: Opton C is Correct Other Commprehensive Income is adjusted only for available for sale securities. This is a cumultive increase in Fair Value above cost for its Available for sale securities. Available for Sale securities= Fair Value- Cost of Investment = $150400-$140000= $10400 Answer (3): Option B is Correct This is the difference Between Fair Value of Investment securities i.e. Trading securities from 2013 to 2012 Trading Securities= Fair Value(2013)-Fair Value (2012) = $175000- $139000=$36000
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