Following are selected accounts for Mergaronite Company and Hill, Inc., as of December 31, 2018. Several of Mergaronites accounts have been omitted. Credit balances are indicated by parentheses. Dividends were declared and paid in the same period.

		Mergaronite				Hill
Revenues		$	(610,000	)		$	(250,000	)
Cost of goods sold			262,000				96,000
Depreciation expense			104,000				40,000
Investment income			NA				NA
Retained earnings, 1/1/18			(904,000	)			(590,000	)
Dividends declared			130,000				36,000
Current assets			204,000				690,000
Land			286,000				82,000
Buildings (net)			516,000				152,000
Equipment (net)			210,000				246,000
Liabilities			(390,000	)			(310,000	)
Common stock			(316,000	)			(42,000	)
Additional paid-in capital			(52,000	)			(880,000	)

Assume that Mergaronite took over Hill on January 1, 2014, by issuing 7,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $10 per share but a fair value of $100 each. On January 1, 2014, Hills land was undervalued by $18,600, its buildings were overvalued by $29,600, and equipment was undervalued by $61,200. The buildings had a 10-year remaining life; the equipment had a 5-year remaining life. A customer list with an appraised value of $110,000 was developed internally by Hill and was to be written off over a 20-year period.

1. Determine the December 31, 2018, consolidated totals for the following accounts:

2. In requirement (a), can the consolidated totals be determined without knowing which method the parent used to account for the subsidiary?

3. If the parent uses the equity method, what consolidation entries would be used on a 2018 worksheet?

Determine the December 31, 2018, consolidated totals for the following accounts:

	Totals
Revenues	$860,000
Cost of goods sold	$358,000
Depreciation expense	$153,280
Amortization expense	$5,500
Buildings	$653,200
Equipment	$456,000
Customer list	$82,500
Common stock	$316,000
Additional paid-in capital	$52,000

In requirement (a), can the consolidated totals be determined without knowing which method the parent used to account for the subsidiary?

Consolidated totals

Yes

o	Event	Account	Debit	Credit
1	S	Common stock	42,000
		Additional paid-in capital	880,000
		Retained earnings	590,000
		Investment in Hill		1,512,000
2	A	Land	18,600
		Equipment (net)	12,240
		Customer list (net)	88,000
		Buildings (net)		need answer
		Investment in Hill		need answer
3	I	Investment income	need answer
		Investment in Hill		need answer
4	D	Investment in Hill	need answer
		Dividends declared		need answer
5	E	Amortization expense	5,500
		Depreciation expense	9,280
		Buildings (net)	2,960
		Equipment (net)		12,240
		Customer list (net)		5,500