Consolidation at the end of the first year subsequent to date of acquisitionEquity method (purchase price equals book value)

Assume that a parent company acquires its subsidiary on January 1, 2016, by exchanging 40,000 shares of its $1 par value Common Stock, with a market value on the acquisition date of $28 per share, for all of the outstanding voting shares of the acquiree. You have been charged with preparing the consolidation of these two companies at the end of the first year. On the acquisition date, all of the subsidiarys assets and liabilities had fair values equaling their book values. Following are financial statements of the parent and its subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 2016.

				Parent		Subsidiary								Parent		Subsidiary
Income statement									Balance sheet
Sales				$ 2,960,000		$ 1,680,000			Assets
Cost of goods sold				(2,072,000)		(1,008,000)			Cash					$ 701,920		$ 432,880
Gross profit				888,000		672,000			Accounts receivable					378,880		389,760
Equity income				235,200		-			Inventory					574,240		500,640
Operating expenses				(562,400)		(436,800)			Equity investment					1,319,920		-
Net income				$ 560,800		$ 235,200			Property, plant & equipment					2,170,240		926,240
Statement of retained earnings														$ 5,145,200		$ 2,249,520
BOY retained earnings				1,881,600		868,000			Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Net income				560,800		235,200			Accounts payable					$ 216,640		$ 160,160
Dividends				(112,160)		(35,280)			Accrued liabilities					257,520		209,440
Ending retained earnings				$ 2,330,240		$ 1,067,920			Long-term liabilities					-		560,000
									Common stock					414,400		112,000
									APIC					1,926,400		140,000
									Retained earnings					2,330,240		1,067,920
														$ 5,145,200		$ 2,249,520

c. Prepare the consolidation entries for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Consolidation Journal
	Description						Debit	Credit
[C]	AnswerCommon stockDividendsEquity incomeEquity investmentNet incomeRetained earnings						Answer	Answer
	AnswerCommon stockDividendsEquity incomeEquity investmentNet incomeRetained earnings						Answer	Answer
	Equity investment						Answer	Answer
[E]	Common stock						Answer	Answer
	APIC						Answer	Answer
	AnswerCommon stockDividendsEquity incomeEquity investmentNet incomeRetained earnings						Answer	Answer
	AnswerCommon stockDividendsEquity incomeEquity investmentNet incomeRetained earnings						Answer	Answer