Examples of Investments in Common Stock in a sentence
Equity method investments are subject to impairment under the provisions of Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock.
The guidance in this FSP amends FASB Statements No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, and No. 124, Accounting for Certain Investments Held by Not-for-Profit Organizations, and APB Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock.
The change in accounting policy was retroactively applied as required under APB Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock, to the date that the Company initially acquired its investment.
SFAS No. 142 provides that "excess investment cost" or "equity method goodwill" will continue to be tested for impairment in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18, "The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock." As provided by SFAS No. 142, we have discontinued amortization of our excess investment cost in the Partnership effective January 1, 2002.
Prior to our adoption of EITF 04-5, we accounted for our investment in the Partnership using the equity method of accounting as prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock.
This initial investment was recorded under the equity method in accordance with APB Opinion No. 18, "The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock" and was included in "Other Assets" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
This equity method goodwill, while subject to the provisions of SFAS 142 requiring that amortization no longer be recorded, is not subject to the impairment provisions of SFAS 142 but, instead, continues to be subject to the impairment provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock, which provides that an impairment be recognized when there is a loss in the value of an investment that is other than a temporary decline.
The option is being accounted for as a cost method investment in accordance with APB Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock.
The equity method of accounting will be applied to the Corporation's investment in Conrail during the pendency of the voting trust in accordance with APB No. 18, "The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock." Accordingly, the Pro Forma Statement of Income includes 58% of Conrail's 1996 historical net income, adjusted for amortization, net of tax, of the difference between the Corporation's investment in Conrail and Conrail's underlying equity in net assets.
As a result of this transaction, the Company no longer holds a controlling interest in DSIPL and, accordingly, the Company's investment in DSIPL has been reported as investment in affiliate and accounted for under the equity method of accounting in accordance with Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 18, "The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock," as of and for the year ended December 31, 1999 and 1998.