Allison Corporation acquired all of the outstanding voting stock of Mathias, Inc., on January 1, 2017, in exchange for $6,162,000 in cash. Allison intends to maintain Mathias as a wholly owned subsidiary. Both companies have December 31 fiscal year-ends. At the acquisition date, Mathiass stockholders equity was $2,070,000 including retained earnings of $1,570,000.

At the acquisition date, Allison prepared the following fair value allocation schedule for its newly acquired subsidiary:

Consideration transferred					$	6,162,000
Mathias stockholders' equity						2,070,000
Excess fair over book value					$	4,092,000
to unpatented technology (8-year remaining life)	$	912,000
to patents (10-year remaining life)		2,640,000
to increase long-term debt (undervalued, 5-year remaining life)		(170,000	)			3,382,000
Goodwill					$	710,000

Post-acquisition, Allison employs the equity method to account for its investment in Mathias. During the two years following the business combination, Mathias reports the following income and dividends:

	Income		Dividends
2017	$	453,750	$	25,000
2018		907,500		50,000

No asset impairments have occurred since the acquisition date.

Individual financial statements for each company as of December 31, 2018, appear below. Parentheses indicate credit balances. Dividends declared were paid in the same period.

	Allison				Mathias
Income Statement
Sales	$	(6,680,000	)		$	(3,970,000	)
Cost of goods sold		4,696,000				2,545,500
Depreciation expense		945,000				319,000
Amortization expense		465,000				124,000
Interest expense		83,000				74,000
Equity earnings in Mathias		(563,500	)			0
Net income	$	(1,054,500	)		$	(907,500	)
Statement of Retained Earnings
Retained earnings 1/1	$	(5,480,000	)		$	(1,998,750	)
Net income (above)		(1,054,500	)			(907,500	)
Dividends declared		560,000				50,000
Retained earnings 12/31	$	(5,974,500	)		$	(2,856,250	)
Balance Sheet
Cash	$	96,000			$	164,000
Accounts receivable		1,020,000				260,000
Inventory		1,840,000				855,000
Investment in Mathias		6,760,250				0
Equipment (net)		3,840,000				2,101,000
Patents		130,000				0
Unpatented technology		2,195,000				1,520,000
Goodwill		474,000				0
Total assets	$	16,355,250			$	4,900,000
Accounts payable	$	(1,180,750	)		$	(343,750	)
Long-term debt	$	(1,000,000	)		$	(1,200,000	)
Common stock		(8,200,000	)			(500,000	)
Retained earnings 12/31		(5,974,500	)			(2,856,250	)
Total liabilities and equity	$	(16,355,250	)		$	(4,900,000	)

Required:

Determine Allison's December 31, 2018, Investment in Mathias balance.

Investment balance at 12/31/18

Prepare a worksheet to determine the consolidated values to be reported on Allisons financial statements.

Prepare a worksheet to determine the consolidated values to be reported on Allisons financial statements. (For accounts where multiple consolidation entries are required, combine all debit entries into one amount and enter this amount in the debit column of the worksheet. Similarly, combine all credit entries into one amount and enter this amount in the credit column of the worksheet. Amounts in the Debit and Credit columns should be entered as positive. Negative amounts for the Consolidated Totals column should be entered with a minus sign.)

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ALLISON CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY
Consolidation Worksheet
For Year Ending December 31, 2018
			Consolidation Entries
Accounts	Allison	Mathias	Debit	Credit	Consolidated Totals
Income Statement
Revenues	$(6,680,000)	$(3,970,000)
Cost of goods sold	4,696,000	2,545,500
Depreciation expense	945,000	319,000
Amortization expense	465,000	124,000
Interest expense	83,000	74,000
Equity earnings in Mathias	(563,500)
Net income	$(1,054,500)	$(907,500)			0
Statement of Retained Earnings
Retained earnings 1/1	(5,480,000)	(1,998,750)
Net income (above)	(1,054,500)	(907,500)			0
Dividends declared	560,000	50,000
Retained earnings 12/31	$(5,974,500)	$(2,856,250)			0
Balance Sheet
Cash	$96,000	$164,000
Accounts receivable	1,020,000	260,000
Inventories	1,840,000	855,000
Investment in Mathias	6,760,250
Equipment (net)	3,840,000	2,101,000
Patents	130,000
Unpatented technology	2,195,000	1,520,000
Goodwill	474,000
Total assets	$16,355,250	$4,900,000			$0
Accounts payable	(1,180,750)	(343,750)
Long-term debt	(1,000,000)	(1,200,000)
Common stock	(8,200,000)	(500,000)
Retained earnings 12/31	(5,974,500)	(2,856,250)			0
Total liabilities and equity	$(16,355,250)	$(4,900,000)	$0	$0	$0