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Two criteria:
1.What is the company’s business model for
managing its financial assets?
2.What are the contractual cash flow
characteristics of the financial investment?
ILLUSTRATION 17.1
Frequent
trading
ILLUSTRATION 17.2
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Debt Investments—Held-for-Collection
Debt Investment at Amortized Cost
Illustration: Robinson SA purchased €100,000 of 8 percent
bonds of Evermaster AG on January 1, 2022, at a discount,
paying €92,278. The bonds mature January 1, 2027 and
yield 10 percent; interest is payable each July 1 and
January 1. Robinson records the investment as follows:
January 1, 2022
4% 5%
ILLUSTRATION 17.3
ILLUSTRATION 17.3
ILLUSTRATION 17.3
Robinson is on a calendar-year basis, it accrues interest and
amortizes the discount at December 31, 2022, as follows:
December 31, 2022
Interest Receivable 4,000
Debt Investments 645
Interest Revenue 4,645
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Debt Investments—Held-for-Collection
Reporting of Bond Investments at Amortized Cost
ILLUSTRATION 17.4
November 1, 2024
ILLUSTRATION 17.3
Debt Investments 522
Interest Revenue 522
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Debt Investments—Held-for-Collection
Computation of Gain on Sale of Bonds 100,000 x 99¾
ILLUSTRATION 17.5
Robinson records the sale of the bonds as follows.
November 1, 2024
ILLUSTRATION 17.6
ILLUSTRATION 17.6
ILLUSTRATION 17.6
ILLUSTRATION 17.6
Illustration (Single Security): To apply the fair value method to these debt investments, assume
that at December 31, 2022 the fair value of the bonds is £105,000. Graff makes the following
entry.
105,000 - 106,732
December 31, 2022
Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss—Equity 1,732
Fair Value Adjustment 1,732
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Debt Investments—Held-for-Collection and Selling
Computation of Fair Value Adjustment—HFCS (2022)
Illustration (Portfolio of Securities): Webb AG has two debt securities
classified as held-for-collection and selling. The following
illustration identifies the amortized cost, fair value, and the
amount of the unrealized gain or loss.
ILLUSTRATION 17.7
ILLUSTRATION 17.7
Prepare the adjusting entry Webb would make on December
31, 2022 to record the loss.
December 31, 2022
Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss—Equity 9,537
Fair Value Adjustment 9,537
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Debt Investments—Held-for-Collection and Selling
Sale of HFCS Securities
ILLUSTRATION 17.8
July 1, 2023
Cash 90,000
Loss on Sale of Investments 4,214
Debt Investments 94,214
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Debt Investments—Held-for-Collection and Selling
Computation of Fair Value Adjustment—HFCS (2023)
Illustration: Webb reports this realized loss in the “Other income
and expense” section of the income statement. Assuming no
other purchases and sales of bonds in 2023, Webb on December
31, 2023, prepares the information:
ILLUSTRATION 17.9
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Debt Investments—Held-for-Collection and Selling
Adjusting Entry on December 31, 2023
Illustration: Webb records the following at December 31, 2023.
ILLUSTRATION 17.9
December 31, 2023
ILLUSTRATION 17.10
ILLUSTRATION 17.11
ILLUSTRATION 17.11
December 31, 2022
Fair Value Adjustment 3,750
Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss—Income 3,750
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Fair Value Option
Companies have the option to report most financial
assets at fair value, with all gains and losses related to
changes in fair value reported in the income statement.
•Applied on an instrument-by-instrument basis.
•Generally available only at the time a company first
purchases the financial asset or incurs a financial
liability.
•Company must measure this instrument at fair value
until the company no longer has ownership.
Week 8 Exercises
E17-3, E17-4, E17-7, E17-5
Equity Investments Learning Objective 2
Describe the accounting
Equity investment represents
for equity investments.
•ownership interest, such as ordinary, preference, or
other capital shares.
•rights to acquire or dispose of ownership interests at an
agreed-upon or determinable price, such as in warrants
and rights.
Cost includes
•Purchase price of the security.
•Broker’s commissions and fees are recorded as expense.
ILLUSTRATION 17.12
ILLUSTRATION 17.13
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Equity Investments
Holdings of Less Than 20%
Under I F R S, the presumption is that equity investments are held-
for-trading.
General accounting and reporting rule:
•Investments valued at fair value.
•Record unrealized gains and losses in net income.
IFRS allows companies to classify some equity investments as non-
trading.
•General accounting and reporting rule:
•Investments valued at fair value.
•Record unrealized gains & losses in other comprehensive income.
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Equity Investments—Trading (Income)
Adjusting Journal Entry on December 31, 2022
ILLUSTRATION 17.14
On December 31, 2022, Republic prepares an adjusting entry to
record the decrease in fair value and to record the loss as follows.
December 31, 2022
Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss—Income 35,550
Fair Value Adjustment 35,550
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Equity Investments—Trading (Income)
Computation of Gain on Sale of Burberry Shares
On January 23, 2023, Republic sold all of its Burberry ordinary
shares, receiving €287,220.
ILLUSTRATION 17.15
ILLUSTRATION 17.16
ILLUSTRATION 17.16
Republic records this adjustment on Dec. 31, 2023, as follows.
December 31, 2023
Fair Value Adjustment 101,650
Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss—Income 101,650
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Equity Investments—Non-Trading (OCI)
ILLUSTRATION 17.17
Republic records this adjustment as follows.
December 31, 2022
Equity Investment (Hawthorne) 3,250
Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss—Equity 3,250
The Equity Investment account is used because the non-trading classification is
applied on investment by investment basis, rather than on a portfolio basis.
ILLUSTRATION 17.18
ILLUSTRATION 17.19
Entry to adjust the carrying value of the non-trading investment.
December 20, 2023
Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss—Equity 1,500
Equity Investment (Hawthorne) 1,500
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Equity Investments—Non-Trading (OCI)
Journal Entry to
On December 20,Record
2023, Sale of Investment
Republic sold all of its Hawthorne
Company ordinary shares receiving net proceeds of €22,500.
ILLUSTRATION 17.19
Entry to record the sale of the investment.
ILLUSTRATION 17.22
ILLUSTRATION 17.23
March 31,
2023 12,680
Allowance for Impaired Debt
Investments
Recovery of Loss on Impairment 12,680
ILLUSTRATION 17.24
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Impairment—Debt Investments Measured at Fair Value
(HFCS) Financial Statement Presentation
At December 31, 2022, Alexander AG’s financial
statements are as shown in below.
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ILLUSTRATION 17.26
ILLUSTRATION 17.27
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Impairment—Debt Investments (HFCS)
Sale of Debt Investments
If we assume Alexander sells its debt investments on January
1, 2023, for €960,000 (its fair value at that time), the entries
are as follows.
January 1, 2023
Cash 960,000
Loss on Sale of Debt Investment 10,000
Allowance of Impaired Debt 30,000
Investments
Debt Investments 1,000,000
ILLUSTRATION 17.29
• Hinges did not purchase or sell any other securities during 2022.
It received £3,000 in interest during the year. At December 31,
2022, the remaining portfolio is as shown.
ILLUSTRATION 17.30
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Reporting Issues—Multi-Period Example
Journal Entry to Record Unrealized Holding Gain
ILLUSTRATION 17.35
ILLUSTRATION 17.36
ILLUSTRATION 17.37
The entry to record the unrealized holding gain or loss in 2022 is:
December 31, 2022
Unrealized Holding Gain or Loss—Equity 5,000
Fair value Adjustment 5,000
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Reporting Issues—Multi-Period Example
Statement of Comprehensive Income (2022)
Assume that Open reports net income of €720,000 in 2022,
including the realized sale on the Lehman bonds, its
statement of comprehensive income is presented as shown.
ILLUSTRATION 17.38
ILLUSTRATION 17.39
January 1, 2022
Debt Investments 125,000
Fair Value Adjustment 125,000
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Refer to course outline
Questions
Week 9 classwork
E17-8, E17-10, E17-11, maybe E17-9
Week 9 homework
^ P17-1, P17-11 (submitted in Week 11)