At the beginning of 2015, Bering Limited purchased three investments: Government of Alberta bonds, which are to
Question:
During 2015, interest revenue of $3,000 was earned and received on the Government of Alberta bonds and CH Resources Ltd., which had a profit in 2015 of $10,000, declared and paid dividends of $2,000 to all of its common shareholders. No dividends were received on the Atlas Inc. shares.
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(a) The board of directors of Bering Limited is considering the use of IFRS and is aware that there are choices that can be made when accounting for investments using these standards. The board would like you to choose the appropriate model for each type of investment that will maximize Bering's financial position and profitability and determine the amounts that would appear on the December 31, 2015, financial statements given these choices.
(b) Assuming that the company may prefer to use ASPE rather than IFRS, address the issues raised in part (a) above but do this in an ASPE context?
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Financial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
ISBN: 978-1118644942
6th Canadian edition
Authors: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Barbara Trenholm, Wayne Irvine