Balance Sheet Presentation of Available-for-Sale Investments Cost During Year 1, its first year of operations, Galileo Company purchased two available-for- sale investments as follows: Security Shares Purchased Hawking Inc. 600 $21,300 Pavlov Co. 1,630 30,155 Assume that as of December 31, Year 1, the Hawking Inc. stock had a market value of $42 per share and the Pavlov Co. stock had a market value of $33 per share. Galileo Company had net income of $165,200 and paid no dividends for the year ending December 31, Year 1. All of the available-for-sale investments are classified as current assets. a. Prepare the Current Assets section of the balance sheet presentation for the available-for-sale investments. Galileo Company Balance Sheet (selected items) December 31, Year 1 Assets Current Assets: b. Prepare the Stockholders' Equity section of the balance sheet to reflect the earnings and unrealized gain (loss) for the available-for-sale investments. Galileo Company Balance Sheet (selected Stockholders' Equity items) December 31, Year 1 Stockholders' Equity Instructions At a total cost of $6,950,000, Herrera Corporation acquired 229,500 shares of Tran Corp. common stock as a long-term investment. Herrera Corporation uses the equity method of accounting for this investment. Tran Corp. has 850,000 shares of common stock outstanding, including the shares acquired by Herrera Corporation. Required: A. Journalize the entries by Herrera Corporation on December 31 to record the following information (refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles): 1 Tran Corp. reports net income of $974,000 for the current period. 2. A cash dividend of $0.28 per common share is paid by Tran Corp. during the current period. B. Why is the equity method appropriate for the Tran Corp. investment? Final Question B. Why is the equity method appropriate for the Tran Corp. investment? Herrera's investment in Tran Corp. represents of the outstanding shares of Tran Corp. An investment amount between and of the outstanding common stock of the investee is presumed to represent significant influence. The equity method is when the investor can exercise significant influence over the investee. Fair Value Journal Entries, Available-for-Sale Investments The investments of Steelers Inc. include a single investment: 6,200 shares of Bengals Inc. common stock purchased on September 12, Year 1, for $12 per share including brokerage commission. These shares were classified as available-for-sale securities. As of the December 31, Year 1, balance sheet date, the share price declined to $9 per share. a. Journalize the entries to acquire the investment on September 12 and record the adjustment to fair value on December 31, Year 1. Year 1 Sept. 12 Year 1 Dec 31