In: Accounting
Rantzow-Lear Company buys and sells debt securities expecting to
earn profits on short-term differences in price. The company’s
fiscal year ends on December 31. The following selected
transactions relating to Rantzow-Lear’s trading account occurred
during December 2018 and the first week of 2019.
2018 | ||||
Dec. | 17 | Purchased 110 Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds for $385,000. | ||
28 | Received interest of $2,400 from the Grocers’ Supply Corporation bonds. | |||
31 | Recorded any necessary adjusting entry relating to the Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds. The market price of the bonds were $4,000 per bond. | |||
2019 | ||||
Jan. | 5 | Sold the Grocers' Supply Corporation bonds for $418,000. |
Required:
1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry or
entries for each transaction. (If no entry is required for
a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the
first account field.)
2. Indicate any amounts that Rantzow-Lear Company
would report in its 2018 balance sheet and income statement as a
result of this investment.