TIME AND PURPOSE OF PROBLEMS
Problem 17-1 (Time 20–30 minutes)
Purpose—the student is required to prepare journal entries and adjusting entries covering a three-year
period for debt securities first classified as held-to-maturity and then classified as available-for-sale.
Bond premium amortization is also involved.
Problem 17-2 (Time 30–40 minutes)
Purpose—The student is required to prepare journal entries and adjusting entries for available-for-sale
debt securities, along with an amortization schedule and a discussion of financial statement presentation.
Problem 17-3 (Time 25–30 minutes)
Purpose—to provide the student with an understanding of the differentiation in accounting treatments
for debt and equity security investments. The student is required to prepare the necessary journal
entries to properly reflect transactions relating to available-for-sale debt and equity securities.
Problem 17-4 (Time 25–35 minutes)
Purpose—the student is required to distinguish between the existence of a bond premium or discount
and the use of the effective-interest method and the straight-line method. The student is also required
to prepare the adjusting entries at two year-ends for available-for-sale debt securities.
Problem 17-5 (Time 25–35 minutes)
Purpose—the student is required to prepare journal entries for the sale and purchase of available-for-
sale equity securities along with the year-end adjusting entry for unrealized holding gains or losses and
to discuss the financial statement presentation.
Problem 17-6 (Time 25–35 minutes)
Purpose—the student is required to prepare during-the-year and year-end entries for trading equity
securities and to explain how the entries would differ if the securities were classified as available-for-sale.
Problem 17-7 (Time 25–35 minutes)
Purpose—the student is required to prepare during-the-year and year-end entries for available-for-sale
debt securities and to explain how the entries would differ if the securities were classified as held–to–
maturity.
Problem 17-8 (Time 20–30 minutes)
Purpose—to provide the student with an understanding of the accounting for trading and available-for-
sale equity securities. The student is required to apply the fair value method to both classes of securities
and describe how they would be reflected in the body and notes to the financial statements.
Problem 17-9 (Time 20–30 minutes)
Purpose—to provide the student with an understanding of the proper accounting treatment with respect
to available-for-sale equity securities and the resulting effect of a reclassification from available-for-sale
to trading status. The student is required to discuss the descriptions and amounts which would be
reported on the face of the balance sheet with regard to these investments, plus prepare any necessary
note disclosures.
Problem 17-10 (Time 20–30 minutes)
Purpose—to provide the student with an opportunity to prepare entries for available-for-sale transactions
and to report the results in a comprehensive income statement and a balance sheet.
Problem 17-11 (Time 30–40 minutes)
Purpose—to provide the student with an understanding of the reporting problems associated with
available-for-sale equity securities. Description and amounts that should be reported on a company’s
comparative financial statements are then required.