Marketable Securities Flashcards
Trading Securities (HFT-Held for Trading)
Investments in equity instruments in an attempt to make profits by buying and selling within a short period of time. Classified as current assets normally because they are invested for a short period of time. The intent is to sell them in the near future. They are considered to be inventory
Types of Trading Securities or Held for Trading (HFT)
Stocks, Options, rights, warrants or debt instruments such as bonds.
Available for Sale Marketable Securities (AFS/AVS)
investments in marketable equity or debt instruments that do not fit the definition of HTM or trading securities. May be classified as current or noncurrent assets, depending on the expected date of sale. If the holding period is indefinite they should be classified as non-current assets.
Types of Marketable Securities
- Trading securities
- Available for Sale Securities
- Held to maturity securities
- Categorized based on managements intentions
Held to Maturity
investments in bonds and other debt instruments which the investor has the ABILITY and INTENT to hold until the due date for repayment. Classified as noncurrent assets (UNLESS MATURITY DATE IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE BALANCE SHEET DATE)
Trading Securities (HFT - Held for Trading) are accounted for how?
- Initially recorded @ Cost
- Purchased for the purpose as generating income (by reselling them @ a profit) & are accounted for on the Income Statement
- Reporting in the OPERATING SECTION of the CASH FLOW STATEMENT if they are classified as a CURRENT ASSET
- Reported as INVESTING ACTIVITY IF classified as a NON-CURRENT ASSET
- Adjusted to Market price (FMV) on a continuous basis on the B/S (ASC 320)
- Temporary UNREALIZED gains/losses are recorded in the income statement as part income from continuing operations in the “non-operating” section
- REALIZED gains/losses (temporary that is) appear on the I/S along with Interest and Dividend Income
Purchase of Trading Securities Journal Entry
Debit - Investment in trading securities
Credit - Cash
Trading Securities Market Increase - Journal Entry
Debit - Marketing Adjustment-Trading securities for the amount of the increase (Current Book value minus Current Market Value this increases the carrying value (BV) on the balance sheet)
Credit - Unrealized Gain (on I/S)
Note: it is an unrealized gain b/c you have not sold the security
Trading Securities Market Decrease - Journal Entry
Debit - Unrealized loss for the difference in the Book Value and the current FMV
Credit - Market Adjustment - Trading Securities (on the B/S this decreases the carrying value (BV) on the B/S balance sheet)
Available for Sale securities (AFS/AVS)
- Debt or equity securities that don’t fall into the other 2 categories.
- Recorded on the B/S as a part of OCI (other comprehensive income) and reported directly in stockholders’ equity immediately below retained earnings in a section called “accumulated other other comprehensive income”
- Fluctuations are not reported in net income until the securities are sold
Available for Sale Securities are reported how?
- as a current or noncurrent asset (if holding period is indefinite, assume noncurrent)
- can be either debt or equity
- initially recorded at cost but then adjusted to FMV in the succeeding years
- UNREALIZED gains/losses are reported on the B/S as part of Comprehensive Income in the Stockholders equity section
- REALIZED gains/losses are always on the I/S as well as interest income& dividend income
- Acquisition & disposal of AFS investments in an INVESTING ACTIVITY ON THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
AVS Purchase - Journal Entry
Debit - Investment in AFS Security
Credit - Cash
AVS Increase in FMV-Journal Entry
Debit - Market Adjustment (AFS Security located on the B/S)
Credit - Unrealized gain (on the B/S as a part of Other Comprehensive income in the stockholders equity section)
The market adjustment account increases the carrying value of the AFS in the asset section.
The unrealized gain is also on the B/S as part of OCI in the equity section.
AVS decrease in FMV-Journal Entry
Debit - Unrealized Loss (B/S for the difference in the recorded amount and the FMV (it is part of OCI) Note: on the net amount of whats in OCI will be shown on the B/S that is why it is called “accumulated other comprehensive income because only the accumulated amount is reported on the B/S)
Credit - Market adjustment - AVS Security (also a balance sheet account in the asset section and reduces the amount of the security on the B/S)
GAAP I/S (on-tide-n-oc)
Operating Income Non-operating Income-(Trading Securities go here Taxes =Income from Continuing Ops Discontinued Operations Extraordinary /Gains&Losses =Net Income
Other Comprehensive Income (AFS Securities go here)
=Comprehensive Income
Selling of AFS Securities
- Allowance account is ignored unless it is the last security
- REALIZED gain/loss is the difference btwn the COST and the PROCEEDS RECEIVED
- IF IT IS THE LAST INVESTMENT THEN THE ALLOWANCE ACCOUNT AND THE UNREALIZED GAIN OR LOSS MUST BE BOTH ELIMINATED
How are impairment losses on AFS securities accounted for?
-The security is written down to FMV
-Loss is treated as a realized loss on the I/S and the remaining balance is considered to be the new cost
Journal Entry -
Debit - Loss
Credit - Investment in AFS
What is the process to determine if the decline in AFS is other than temporary
-If the FV is less than its Cost, the investment is considered to be impaired
-Indications that impairment is other than temporary include:
** Series of Operating losses,
inability of an investee to maintain an earnings capacity that is sufficient to justify the carrying value.
if the investor intends to sell the investment before it recovers in value, an impairment is considered nontemporary & recognized in the period in which the decision is made to sell the investment
**If the investor does not intend to sell the investment, the loss is recognized in the period in which the loss that is considered nontemporary occurs
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Debt Securities
-If entity intends to sell the security; non temporary loss is considered to have occurred
-If the entity does NOT intend to sell the security, the nontemporary loss will be recognized if it is MORE LIKELY THAN NOT that the entity will be required to sell the security before the value is recovered or it the present value of the amount expected to be recovered is less than the carrying value.
At what amount will the impairment loss be recorded for AFS equity securities
the difference btwn the FV @ B/S date & COST of the investment