On January 2, Year 4, Poplar Ltd. purchased 80% of the outstanding shares of Spruce Ltd. for $1,900,000. At that date, Spruce had common shares of $500,000 and retained earnings of $1,150,000 and accumulated depreciation of $500,000. Poplar acquired the Spruce shares to obtain control of mineral rights owned by Spruce. At the date of acquisition, these mineral rights were valued at $725,000, were not recognized on Spruce's separate-entity balance sheet, and had an useful life of 10 years. Except for the mineral rights, the carrying amount of the recorded assets and liabilities of Spruce were equal to their fair values. On December 31, Year 7, the trial balances of the two companies were as follows: orint References Cash Accounts receivable Inventory Plant and equipment Investment in Spruce (cost) Investment in bonds Cost of goods sold Other expenses Interest expense income tax expense Dividends Poplar 900,000 1,800,000 700.000 12,600,000 1,900.000 Soruce 520.000 258,000 1,906,000 2.800.000 AcCo payable Accumulated depreciation: Bonds payable Premium on bonds payable cOmmon shares Kera tcOc armanes, January saLes Dividend revenue Interest revenue plant and equioment 2.300.000 963,000 37,000 600,000 600,000 $24,400,000 $ 2,388,000 3,839,500 500,000 12.000 500,000 8,160,500 4,800,000 200,000 242,000 884,000 320,000 250,000 250,000 $7,430,000 $2,378,50C g00.000 500,000 1,710,000 1919.500 $24 ,400 ,000 22,000 430,000 Additional Information The Year 7 net incomes of the two companies are as follows: The Year 7 net incomes of the two companies are as follows: Poplar Ltd. $1,100,000 Spruce Ltd. 487,500 The mineral rights owned by Spruce have increased in value since the date of acquisition and were worth $943,000 at December 31, Year 7. On January 2, Year 5, Poplar sold equipment to Spruce for $410,000. The equipment had a carrying amount of $328,000 at the time of the sale. The remaining useful life of the equipment was 5 years. The Year 7 opening inventories of Poplar contained $520,000 of merchandise purchased from Spruce during Year 6. Spruce had recorded a gross profit of $208,000 on this merchandise. During Year 7, Spruce's sales to Poplar totalled $1,020,000. These sales were made at a gross profit rate of 35%. Poplar's ending inventory contains $320,000 of merchandise purchased from Spruce. On January 2, Year 5, Poplar issued 8%, 7 year bonds with a face value of $500,000 for $521,000. Interest is paid annually on December 31. On January 2, Year 6, Spruce purchased one-half of this issue on the open market at a cost of $238,000. Other expenses include depreciation expense. Tax allocation will be at a rate of 40%. Required: (a) Prepare the following consolidated financial statements for Year (Il) Retained earnings statement Balance sheet Calculate the December 31, Year 7, balance in the account Investment in Spruce if Poplar had used the equity method to account for its investment. (Omit $ sign in your response.) Balance, Dec. 31, Year 7