Questions from Intermediate Accounting


Q: Buttercup Corporation issued 300 shares of $10 par value common stock

Buttercup Corporation issued 300 shares of $10 par value common stock for $4,500. Prepare Buttercup’s journal entry.

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Q: Gabel Company has bonds payable outstanding in the amount of $400

Gabel Company has bonds payable outstanding in the amount of $400,000, and the Premium on Bonds Payable account has a balance of $6,000. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 20 shares of preferred sto...

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Q: When is a debt security considered impaired? Explain how to account

When is a debt security considered impaired? Explain how to account for the impairment of an available-for-sale debt security

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Q: Sarazan Company issues a 4-year, 7.5%

Sarazan Company issues a 4-year, 7.5% fixed-rate interest only, non-prepayable$1,000,000 note payable on December 31, 2012. It decides to change the interest rate from a fixed rate to variable rate an...

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Q: What is the GAAP definition of fair value?

What is the GAAP definition of fair value?

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Q: On August 15, 2012, Outkast Co. invested idle cash

On August 15, 2012, Outkast Co. invested idle cash by purchasing a call option on Counting Crows Inc. common shares for $360. The notional value of the call option is 400 shares, and the option price...

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Q: When must a company recognize an asset retirement obligation?

When must a company recognize an asset retirement obligation?

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Q: What is the fair value option?

What is the fair value option?

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Q: Hart Golf Co. uses titanium in the production of its specialty

Hart Golf Co. uses titanium in the production of its specialty drivers. Hart anticipates that it will need to purchase 200 ounces of titanium in October 2012, for clubs that will be shipped in the hol...

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Q: Franklin Corp. has an investment that it has held for several

Franklin Corp. has an investment that it has held for several years. When it purchased the investment, Franklin classified and accounted for it as available-for-sale. Can Franklin use the fair value o...

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