You are working for The Wellington Company on temporary assignment while one of the accountants is on

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You are working for The Wellington Company on temporary assignment while one of the accountants is on family leave. You have been asked to review the company's investment journal entries and provide necessary information to the accountant preparing the financial statements.
align="center">DATE POST. DESCRIPTION DEBIT CREDIT REF. Investment-Red Rock Co. Stock 1. Jan. 17 39,600.00 Cash 39,600.00 Feb. 5 Invest
Mar. Cash 360.00 31 Interest Receivable 310.00 10 Interest Revenue 50.00 11 Apr. 6 Investment in Minions Corp. Stock 180

Financial Statements and Valuation
The accountant preparing the
financial statements has asked you to provide the fair value as of the end of the year for the investments. Present the information as it would be shown on the financial statements. Last year, The Wellington Company reported costs of $68,000 in trading investments and $82,000 in available-for-sale investments. Refer to the journal entries shown on The Wellington Company panel. Assume that all investments sold during this year were trading investments and that purchases during the year were new investments.
1. Select the correct label for each line and fill in the amount. In classifying the investments, choose a categorization which seems most likely, given the pattern of transactions in the journal entries. Enter all amounts as positive numbers. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
2. Where on the balance sheet do trading securities appear?
3. Where in the financial statements do available-for-sale securities NOT appear?

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1259103285

5th Canadian edition

Authors: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Daniel Short, George Kanaan, M

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