At the beginning of the current year, AAA Company purchased marketable equity securities to be held as

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At the beginning of the current year, AAA Company purchased marketable equity securities to be held as "trading" for P5,000,000. The entity also paid transaction cost amounting to P200,000. The securities had a market value of P5,500,000 at year-end and the transaction cost that would be incurred on sale is estimated at P100,000. No securities were sold during the current year. What amount of unrealized gain or loss on these securities should be reported in the income statement for the current year? Clarify if it is unrealized gain or unrealized loss.

2. During 2019, BBB Company purchased marketable securities as a trading investment. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the entity recognized an unrealized loss of P230,000. There were no security transactions during 2020. The entity provided the following information on December 31, 2020: Marketable security Cost Market Value X 2,450,000 2,300,000 Y 1,800,000 1,820,000 In the 2020 income statement, what amount should be reported as unrealized gain or loss?

3. During 2019, CCC Company bought the shares of ZZZ Company. June 1 = 20,000 shares @ P100 = 2,000,000; Dec. 1 = 30,000 shares @ P120 = 3,600,000. Transactions for 2020 are: January 10 = Received 20 @ share dividend; July 20 = Received cash dividend of P10 per share; December 10 = Sold 30,000 shares at P125 per share. What amount should be reported as dividend income for 2020?

4. Using the same problem (#3For your answer: Indicate the amount only without comma or peso sign.) above, what is the gain on the sale of shares under FIFO approach?

5. Using the same data in #3, what is the gain on sale of shares under average approach? Answer should be in amount without comma or peso sign.

6. DDD Company received dividends from share investments during the current year: a) A share dividend of 4000 shares from EEE Company when the market price of EEE's share was P20. DDD Company owns less than 1% of EEE's share capital. b) A cash dividend of P150,000 from LLL Company in which DDD Company owns a 25% interest. A majority of LLL's directors are also directors of DDD Company. What amount of dividend revenue should be reported for the current year?