Record the income reported by d corporation of 35000 and by


Problem

During January 2014, Optimum Glass Company purchased the following securities as its long-term available-for-sale securities investment portfolio:

D Corporation Common Stock: 12,500 shares (95,500 outstanding) at $9 per share
F Corporation Bonds: $306,000 (15-year, 5 percent) purchased at par (not to be held to maturity)

 

2014

2015

  Net income reported at December 31:



     D Corporation

35,000

45,000

     F Corporation

367,000

555,000

  Dividends and interest paid during the year:



     D Corporation common stock cash dividends (per share)

0.50

0.60

     F Corporation bonds interest

15,300

15,300

  Fair value at December 31:



     D Corporation common stock (per share)

8.00

9.50

     F Corporation bonds

265,000

275,000

Above is the information given. I need help recording journal entries as follows:

• Record the 2014 purchase of 12,500 shares of D Corporation common stock for $9 per share and $306,000 of F corporation bonds at par.

• Record the 2015 journal entry related to the 2014 purchase of the investments.

• Record the income reported by D Corporation of $35,000 and by F Corporation of $367,000 in 2014.

• Record the income reported by D Corporation of $45,000 and by F Corporation of $555,000 in 2015.

• Record the fair value effects at 2014 year-end when D Corporation common stock is selling at $8.00 per share and F Corporation bonds are selling for $265,000.

• Record the fair value effects at 2015 year-end when D Corporation common stock is selling at $9.50 per share and F Corporation bonds are selling for $275,000.

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