Elly Ltd purchased 25% of the shares of Relight Ltd on 1 January 20X2 for cash of $300 000. This purchase resulted in Elly Ltd having significant influence over Relight Ltd.

Additional information is provided below:

For the year ended 31 December 20X2, Relight Ltd reported profit of $120 000 and revalued its assets upwards by $80 000.

Relight Ltds total dividends paid out to all shareholders during 20X2 amounted to $60 000. This was paid from profits made in 20X2.

Jordi Ltd is 80% owned by Elly Ltd and is Elly's subsidiary.

During 20X2, Relight sold $400 000 of inventories to Jordi Ltd and made profit of $150 000. As at 31 December 20X2, 30% of the inventories were still held by Jordi Ltd.

Required:

a) Prepare journal entries for Elly Ltd in 20X2 to account for the above event using the Equity Method. Use the Reclassification Method to account for the profit and dividends that Elly shares from Relight.

Note 1) Use the provided journal entry template to enter your answer. 2) Workings/calculations or narrations are NOT required. 3) The template should provide enough space. However, if you find the space is insufficient in the template or encounter a table formatting issue, write your journal entries below the template, and ensure labelling DR or CR.

b) What items of the associate are the investor entitled to under the Equity Method as compared with the Cost Method?