Accounting for Available-for-Sale and Trading Securities
Assume that Wasley Company purchases 6,000 common shares of
Pincus Company for $12 cash per share. During the year, Wasley
receives a cash dividend of $1.10 per common share from Pincus, and
the year-end market price of Pincus common stock is $13 per share.
How much income does Wasley report relating to this investment for
the year if it accounts for the investment as:
a. Available-for-sale investment?
Dividend income | $Answer |
Capital gain/(loss) | $Answer |
Total | $Answer |
b. Trading investment?
Dividend income | $Answer |
Capital gain/(loss) | $Answer |
Total | $Answer |
a. Available-for-sale investment: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividend income | 6600 | |||||||||||||||
Capital gain/(loss) | 0 | Increase in the stock market price will not be recognized as income until the stock is sold. | ||||||||||||||
Total | 6600 | Unrealized gains (losses) are reported as Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet. | ||||||||||||||
b. Trading investment: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividend income | 6600 | |||||||||||||||
Capital gain/(loss) | 6000 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 12600 | Both appear on Income Statement. | ||||||||||||||
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