Question

Beresford Inc. purchased several investment securities during 2015, its first year of operations. The following information pertains to these securities. The fluctuations in their fair values are not considered permanent. Fair Value Fair Value Amortized Cost Amortized Cost Held to Maturity Securities: 12/31/2015 12/31/2016 12/31/2015 12/31/2016 ABC Co. Bonds $375,000 $400,000 $367,500 $360,000 Available for Sale Securities: LMN Co. Debt Securities $130,500 $150,400 $145,000 $140,000 Fair Value Fair Value FV through NI Securities: 12/31/2015 12/31/2016 Cost DEF Co. Stock $48,000 $59,500 $66,000 GEH Inc. Stock $47,000 $77,000 $39,000 IJK Inc. Stock $44,000 $38,500 $32,900 What balance sheet amount would Beresford report for its total investment securities at 12/31/2015?

Answer 1

$637,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the total investment securities reported is shown below:

= ABC Co. bonds amortization cost for year 2015 + DEF Co fair value for year 2015 + GEH Inc fair value for the year 2015 + IJK Inc fair value for the year 2015 + LMN co stock fair value for the year 2015

= $367,500 + $48,000 + $47,000 + $44,000 + $130,500

= $637,000

We simply applied the above formula