Exercise 22-22

On January 1, 2017, Sarasota Co. purchased 23,000 shares (a 10% interest) in Elton John Corp. for $1,510,000. At the time, the book value and the fair value of John's net assets were $12,900,000.

On July 1, 2018, Sarasota paid $2,760,000for46,000additional shares of John common stock, which represented a 20% investment in John. The fair value of John's identifiable assets net of liabilities was equal to their carrying amount of $14,000,000. As a result of this transaction, Sarasota owns 30% of John and can exercise significant influence over John's operating and financial policies. (Any excess fair value is attributed to goodwill.)

John reported the following net income and declared and paid the following dividends.

Net Income

Dividend per Share

Year ended 12/31/17$680,000NoneSix months ended 6/30/18520,000NoneSix months ended 12/31/18888,000$1.50

Determine the ending balance that Sarasota Co. should report as its investment in John Corp. at the end of 2018.

Investment in Elton John Corp.$