On January 1, 2016, Cayce Corporation acquired 100 percent of Simbel Company for consideration transferred with a fair value of $129,600. Cayce is a U.S.-based company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, and Simbel is in Cairo, Egypt. Cayce accounts for its investment in Simbel under the initial value method. Any excess of fair value of consideration transferred over book value is attributable to undervalued land on Simbels books. Simbel had no retained earnings at the date of acquisition. Following are the 2017 financial statements for the two operations. Information for Cayce and for Simbel is in U.S. dollars ($) and Egyptian pounds (E), respectively.

	Cayce Corporation				Simbel Company
Sales	$	208,000			E	823,100
Cost of goods sold		(97,800	)			(432,100	)
Salary expense		(20,000	)			(76,000	)
Rent expense		(7,500	)			(47,000	)
Other expenses		(22,500	)			(60,500	)
Dividend incomefrom Simbel		15,125				0
Gain on sale of building, 10/1/17		0				35,000
Net income	$	75,325			E	242,500
Retained earnings, 1/1/17	$	323,000			E	137,000
Net income		75,325				242,500
Dividends		(29,000	)			(55,000	)
Retained earnings, 12/31/17	$	369,325			E	324,500
Cash and receivables	$	111,300			E	151,500
Inventory		98,500				308,000
Prepaid expenses		30,000				0
Investment in Simbel (initial value)		129,600				0
Property, plant & equipment (net)		414,000				460,000
Total assets	$	783,400			E	919,500
Accounts payable	$	62,800			E	55,500
Notes payabledue in 2020		139,775				141,500
Common stock		125,000				245,000
Additional paid-in capital		86,500				153,000
Retained earnings, 12/31/17		369,325				324,500
Total liabilities and equities	$	783,400			E	919,500

Additional Information

• During 2016, the first year of joint operation, Simbel reported income of E 168,000 earned evenly throughout the year. Simbel declared a dividend of E 31,000 to Cayce on June 1 of that year. Simbel also declared the 2017 dividend on June 1.

• On December 9, 2017, Simbel classified a E 10,500 expenditure as a rent expense, although this payment related to prepayment of rent for the first few months of 2018.

• The exchange rates for 1 E are as follows:

January 1, 2016	$	0.300
June 1, 2016		0.290
Weighted average rate for 2016		0.288
December 31, 2017		0.280
June 1, 2017		0.275
October 1, 2017		0.273
Weighted average rate for 2017		0.274
December 31, 2017		0.270

Translate Simbels 2017 financial statements into U.S. dollars and prepare a consolidation worksheet for Cayce and its Egyptian subsidiary. Assume that the Egyptian pound is the subsidiarys functional currency.

req B consolidation worksheet

			adj. & eliminations		consolidated balances
account	cayce dollars	simbel dollars	debit	credit	dollars
sales
COGS
salary expense
rent expense
other expenses
dividend income
gain on sale of fixed asset 10/1/17
net income
retained earnings 1/1/17
net income
dividends
retained earnings 12/31/17
cash & receivables
inventory
prepaid rent
investment
PPE
total assets
a/p
notes payable
common stock
APIC
retained earnings 12/31/17
subtotal
cumulative translation adjustment (positive or negative)
total liabilities & equities

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