On January 2, 2018, Sanborn Tobacco Inc. bought 10% of Jackson
Industry’s capital stock for $104 million. Jackson Industry’s net
income for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $134 million. The
fair value of the shares held by Sanborn was $126 million at
December 31, 2018. During 2018, Jackson declared a dividend of $74
million.
Required:
1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries related
to the investment during 2018.
2. Assume that Sanborn sold the stock on January
2, 2019 for $138 million. Prepare the journal entries Sanborn would
use to record the sale.
1)
Date | Account | Debit | credit |
Jan 2 2018 | Investment in Trading securities | 104 | |
cash | 104 | ||
31 dec 2018 | Dividend receivable | 7.4 | |
Dividend revenue | 7.4 | ||
[being dividend to be received 74* .10] | |||
31 dec 2018 | Investment in Trading securities | 22 | |
Unrealized gain on trading security | 22 | ||
[being unrealized gain recorded 126-104] | |||
2)
Date | Account | debit | credit |
2 jan 2019 | cash | 138 | |
Realized Gain on sale of trading security | 12 | ||
Investment in Trading securities | 126 | ||
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