Your client, Cascade Company, is planning to invest some of its excess cash in 5-year revenue bonds

Question:

Your client, Cascade Company, is planning to invest some of its excess cash in 5-year revenue bonds issued by the county and in the stock of one of its suppliers, Teton Co. Teton’s shares trade on the over-the-counter market. Cascade plans to classify these investments as available-for-sale. They would like you to conduct some research on the accounting for these investments.
Instructions
If your school has a subscription to the FASB Codification, go to aaahq.org/ascLogin.cfm to log in and prepare responses to the following. Provide Codification references for your responses.
(a) Since the Teton shares do not trade on one of the large stock markets, Cascade argues that the fair value of this investment is not readily available. According to the authoritative literature, when is the fair value of a security “readily determinable”?
(b) How is an impairment of a security accounted for?
(c) To avoid volatility in their due to fair value adjustments, Cascade debated whether the bond investment could be classified as held-to-maturity; Cascade is pretty sure it will hold the bonds for 5 years. How close to could Cascade sell an investment and still classify it as held-to-maturity?
(d) What disclosures must be made for any sale or transfer from securities classified as held to- Financial Statements
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