BuyCo, Inc. holds 25 percent of the outstanding shares of Marqueen company and appropriately applies the equity method of accounting. Excess cost amortization (related to a patent) associated with this investment amounts to $10,200 per year. For 2017, Marqueen reported earnings of $101,000 and declares cash dividends of $30,000. During that year, Marqueen acquired inventory for $40,000, which it then sold to BuyCo for $80,000. At the end of 2017, BuyCo continued to hold merchandise with a transfer price of $26,000.

a. What Equity in Investee Income should BuyCo report for 2017?

b. How will the intra-entity transfer affect BuyCo's reporting in 2018 if BuyCo either used or sold the inventory remaining from 2017?

c. If BuyCo had sold the inventory to Marqueen, how would the answers to (a) and (b) have changed?

(Do not round intermediate calculations.)

a.	equity in investee income	$	XXXX	XXXX
b.	equity accrual for 2018 will be	$	by	$
c.	if the inventory was sold, would your above answers change?	yes OR no	XXXX	XXXX