The Carrefour Group reports the following description of its financial assets available-for-sale. Assets available for sale are

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The Carrefour Group reports the following description of its financial assets available-for-sale.

Assets available for sale are . . . valued at fair value. Unrealized . . . gains or losses are recorded as shareholders’ equity until they are sold.

Note 10 to Carrefour’s 2008 financial statements reports €6 million in net unrealized losses (net of unrealized gains) for 2008, which is included in the fair value of its available-for-sale securities reported on the balance sheet.
1. What amount of the €6 million net unrealized losses, if any, is reported in its 2008 income statement? Explain.
2. If the €6 million net unrealized losses are not reported in the income statement, in which statement are they reported, if any? Explain.


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Fundamental Accounting Principles

ISBN: 978-0078110870

20th Edition

Authors: John J. Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta

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