On January 1, 2010, Porter Company purchased an 80% interest in the capital stock of Salem Company

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On January 1, 2010, Porter Company purchased an 80% interest in the capital stock of Salem Company for $850,000. At that time, Salem Company had capital stock of $550,000 and retained earnings of $80,000. Porter Company uses the complete equity method to record its investment in Salem Company. Differences between the fair value and the book value of the identifiable assets of Salem Company were as follows:

Fair Value in Excess of Book Value

Equipment..........$130,000

Land..........65,000

Inventory..........40,000

The book values of all other assets and liabilities of Salem Company were equal to their

fair values on January 1, 2010. The equipment had a remaining life of five years on January 1,

2010. The inventory was sold in 2010.

Salem Company’s net income and dividends declared in 2010 and 2011 were as follows:

Year 2010 Net Income of $100,000; Dividends Declared of $25,000

Year 2011 Net Income of $110,000; Dividends Declared of $35,000


Required:

A. Present the eliminating/adjusting entries needed on the consolidated worksheet for the year ended December 31, 2010. (It is not necessary to prepare the worksheet.)

B. Present the eliminating/adjusting entries needed on the consolidated worksheet for the year ended December 31, 2011. (It is not necessary to prepare the worksheet


Use the following financial data for 2012 for requirements C through G.


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On January 1, 2010, Porter Company purchased an 80% interest



Required:
C. Although no goodwill impairment was reflected at the end of 2010 or 2011, the goodwill impairment test conducted at December 31, 2012 revealed implied goodwill from Salem to be only $150,000. The impairment was reflected in the books of the parent. Prepare a t-account calculation of the controlling and noncontrolling interests in consolidated income for the year ended December 31, 2012.
D. Prepare a consolidated financial statements workpaper for the year ended December 31, 2012.
E. Prepare a consolidated statement of financial position and a consolidated income statement for the year ended December 31, 2012.
F. Describe the effect on the consolidated balances if Salem Company uses the LIFO cost flow assumption in pricing its inventory and there has been no decrease in ending inventory quantities since 2010.
G. Prepare an analytical calculation of consolidated retained earnings for the year ended
December 31,2012.

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Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 12

5th Edition

Authors: Debra C Jeter, Paul K Chaney

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