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13 June, 12:08

Brooks Co. purchases various investments in trading securities at a cost of $66,000 on December 27, 2013. (This is its first and only purchase of such securities.) At December 31, 2013, these securities had a fair value of $72,000.

Prepare the December 31, 2013, year-end adjusting entry for the trading securities' portfolio.

Prepare the January 3, 2014, entry when Brooks sells a portion of its trading securities (that had originally cost $33,000) for $35,000.

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    a) Debit 6,000 to trade securities and Credit $6,000 to Unrealized Gain account

    b) Debit $35,000 to Cash account

    Credit $33,000 to trade securities account

    Credit $2,000 to gain on sales on securities account.

    Explanation:

    The first part of the question is to determine the year-ended adjusting entry

    As follows:

    December 31, 2013

    Trading Securities = Fair value of the Securities - Trading Securities at Cost

    = $72,000 - $66,000

    = $6,000

    The Journal entry Description Debit Credit

    Dec 31, 2013 Trading Securities 6,000

    Gain unrealized on securities a/c 6,000

    Being the record of unrealized holding gain on trading securities

    Part 2) January 3, 2014 Sales of a Portion of Trading Securities

    Date Description Debit Credit

    Jan 3rd, 2014 Cash 35,000

    Trading Securities a/c 33,000

    Gain on sales of Securities 2,000

    Being the record of sales of a portion of trade securities.
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