On January 1, 2016, Cayce Corporation acquired 100 percent of Simbel Company for consideration transferred with a
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On January 1, 2016, Cayce Corporation acquired 100 percent of Simbel Company for consideration transferred with a fair value of $126,000. Cayce is a U.S.-based company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, and Simbel is in Cairo, Egypt. Cayce accounts for its investment in Simbel under the initial value method. Any excess of fair value of consideration transferred over book value is attributable to undervalued land on Simbel's books. Simbel had no retained earnings at the date of acquisition. Following are the 2017 financial statements for the two operations. Information for Cayce and for Simbel is in U.S. dollars ($) and Egyptian pounds ($E), respectively.
Additional Information ∙ During 2016, the first year of joint operation, Simbel reported income of $E 163,000 earned evenly throughout the year. Simbel declared a dividend of $E 30,000 to Cayce on June 1 of that year. Simbel also declared the 2017 dividend on June 1. ∙ On December 9, 2017, Simbel classified a $E 10,000 expenditure as a rent expense, although this payment related to prepayment of rent for the first few months of 2018. ∙ The exchange rates for 1 $E are as follows:
January 1, 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.300 |
June 1, 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …0.290 |
Weighted average rate for 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……0.288 |
December 31, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….0.280 |
June 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….0.275 |
October 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …...0.273 |
Weighted average rate for 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……..0.274 |
December 31, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….0.270 |
Translate Simbel’s 2017 financial statements into U.S. dollars and prepare a consolidation worksheet for Cayce and its Egyptian subsidiary. Assume that the Egyptian pound is the subsidiary’s functional currency.
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Advanced Accounting
ISBN: 978-1259444951
13th edition
Authors: Joe Ben Hoyle, Thomas Schaefer, Timothy Doupni