During 2010, JAT Company purchased trading securities as a short-term investment. The costs of the securities and

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During 2010, JAT Company purchased trading securities as a short-term investment. The costs of the securities and their market values on December 31, 2012, are listed below.


Market Value (December 31, 2012) Security Cost $400,000 S200,000 200,000 600,000 ABC


JAT had no trading securities in the years before 2012. Before any adjustments related to these trading securities, JAT had net income of $900,000 in 2012.
1. What is net income (ignoring income taxes) after making any necessary trading security adjustments?
2. What would net income be if the market value of Security A were$350,000?

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Accounting concepts and applications

ISBN: 978-0538745482

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Authors: Albrecht Stice, Stice Swain

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