Financial accounting 16th Edition by Jan Williams,Susan Haka,Mark Bettner ,Joseph Carcello

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At December 31, 2014, Charter Holding Co.wned the following investments in capital stock of publicly traded companies (classified as available-for-sale securities):

In 2015, Charter engaged in the following two transactions:

At December 31, 2015, the market values of these stocks were: Limited Brands, Inc. $42 per share; and The Gap, Inc. $37 per share.
Instructions
a.llustrate the presentation of marketable securities and the unrealized holding gain or loss in Charter's balance sheet at December 31, 2014.nclude a caption indicating the section of the balance sheet in which each of these accounts appears.
b.repare journal entries to record the transactions on April 10 and August 7.
c.rior to making a fair value adjustment at the end of 2015, determine the unadjusted balance in the Marketable Securities control account and the Unrealized Holding Gain (or Loss) on Investments account.Assume that no unrealized gains or losses have been recognized since last year.)
d.repare a schedule showing the cost and the market values of securities owned at the end of 2015.Use the same format as the schedule illustrated above.)
e.repare the fair value adjusting entry required at December 31, 2015.
f.llustrate the presentation of the marketable securities and unrealized holding gain (or loss) in the balance sheet at December 31, 2015.Follow the same format as in part a.
g.llustrate the presentation of the net realized gains (or losses) in the 2015 income statement.ssume a multiple-step income statement and show the caption identifying the section in which this amount would appear.
h.xplain how both the realized and unrealized gains and losses will affect the company's 2015 income tax return.