Financial & Managerial Accounting 17th Edition by Jan Williams ,Susan Haka,Mark Bettner,Joseph Carcello

Exercise 17

Six events pertaining to financial assets are described as follows:
a. Invested idle cash in marketable securities and classified them as available for sale.
b. Collected an account receivable.
c. Sold marketable securities at a loss (proceeds from the sale were equal to (he market value reflected in the last balance sheet).
d. Determined a particular account receivable to be uncollectible and wrote it off against the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
e. Received interest earned on an investment in marketable securities (company policy is to recognize interest as revenue when received).
f. Made a mark-to-market adjustment increasing the balance in the Marketable Securities account to reflect a rise in the market value of securities owned.
Indicate the effects of each transaction or adjusting entry upon the financial measurements in the four column headings listed below. Use the code letters I for increase. D for decrease, and NE for no of effect.