财务报表分析 第十版答案 第五章 (部分1)

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Exercise 5-2 (12 minutes)

a. When available-for-sale securities are marked to market, an asset account is

adjusted to market (either upward or downward) and an equity account is

increased when marked up or decreased when marked down.

b. If the investments being marked to market were trading securities instead of

available-for-sale securities, then an asset account would be adjusted to market.

In addition, a gain or loss account that flows through income would also be

included to reflect the change in market value (and equity would change

accordingly when income is closed to it).

c. Although under available-for-sale accounting unrealized gains are not recorded,

realized gains are reflected in reported income. Microsoft, therefore, can sell

securities with unrealized gains and increase its reported income.