The investment portfolio of Morris Inc. on December 31, 2014, contains the following securities: Opus Co.

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The investment portfolio of Morris Inc. on December 31, 2014, contains the following securities:

• Opus Co. common, 3% ownership, 5,000 shares; cost, $100,000; fair value, $95,000; classified as a trading security.

• Garrod Inc. preferred, 2,000 shares; cost, $40,000; fair value, $43,000; classified as a trading security.

• Sherrill Inc. common, 30% ownership, 20,000 shares; cost, $1,140,000; fair value, $1,130,000; classified as an influencing investment.

• Jennings Co. common, 15% ownership, 25,000 shares; cost, $67,500; fair value, $50,000; classified as an available-for-sale security.

Instructions:

1. Give the valuation adjustment required at December 31, 2014, assuming that all investments were purchased in 2014 and none of the indicated declines in fair value are considered other than temporary.

2. Assume that the Jennings Co.'s common stock market decline is considered other than temporary.

Give the valuation entry required at December 31, 2014, under this change in assumption.

3. Assume that the fair values for the long-term investment portfolio at December 31, 2015, were as follows:

Opus Co. common. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 102,000

Garrod Inc. preferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 43,000

Sherrill Inc. common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,115,000

Jennings Co. common. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,000

Give the valuation entries at December 31, 2015, assuming that the investment categories remain the same and that all declines in 2014 and 2015 are temporary except for the 2014 decline in Jennings Co. stock.

Common Stock
Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
Portfolio
A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-1133957911

19th edition

Authors: Earl K. Stice, James D. Stice

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