Financial Assets at Fair Value

Free CPA FAR (Financial Accounting & Reporting) lesson in Select Balance Sheet Accounts. 29 min read, ~4,389 words.

Trading debt = fair value through net income (FV-NI); every tick hits the income statement. AFS debt = fair value through OCI (FV-OCI); unrealized gains and losses park in AOCI and recycle into net income on disposal via a reclassification adjustment. AFS unrealized gains and losses are presented net of...

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