On January 3, 2022, Persoff Corporation acquired all of the outstanding voting stock of Sea Cliff, Incorporated, in exchange for $9,423,000 in cash. Persoff elected to exercise control over Sea Cliff as a wholly owned subsidiary with an independent accounting system. Both companies have December 31 fiscal year-ends. At the acquisition date, Sea Cliffs stockholders equity was $2,615,500 including retained earnings of $1,815,500.

Persoff pursued the acquisition, in part, to utilize Sea Cliffs technology and computer software. These items had fair values that differed from their values on Sea Cliffs books as follows:

Asset	Book Value	Fair Value	Remaining Useful Life
Patented technology	$ 192,500	$ 3,027,500	7 years
Computer software	$ 91,500	$ 3,811,500	12 years

Sea Cliffs remaining identifiable assets and liabilities had acquisition-date book values that closely approximated fair values. Since acquisition, no assets have been impaired. During the next three years, Sea Cliff reported the following income and dividends:

Year	Net Income	Dividends
2022	$ 902,100	$ 150,000
2023	942,100	150,000
2024	977,100	150,000

December 31, 2024, financial statements for each company follow. Parentheses indicate credit balances. Dividends declared were paid in the same period.

Items	Persoff	Sea Cliff
Income Statement
Revenues	$ (2,930,000)	$ (2,355,000)
Cost of goods sold	1,452,900	909,900
Depreciation expense	327,500	422,000
Amortization expense	433,000	46,000
Equity earnings in Sea Cliff	(262,100)	0
Net income	$ (978,700)	$ (977,100)
Statement of Retained Earnings
Retained earnings 1/1	$ (7,575,000)	$ (3,359,700)
Net income (above)	(978,700)	(977,100)
Dividends declared	600,000	150,000
Retained earnings 12/31	$ (7,953,700)	$ (4,186,800)
Balance Sheet
Current assets	$ 584,500	$ 427,500
Investment in Sea Cliff	9,649,300	0
Computer software	405,000	76,500
Patented technology	926,000	122,000
Goodwill	142,000	0
Equipment	1,908,500	4,710,000
Total assets	$ 13,615,300	$ 5,336,000
Liabilities	$ (3,661,600)	$ (349,200)
Common stock	(2,000,000)	(800,000)
Retained earnings 12/31	(7,953,700)	(4,186,800)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (13,615,300)	$ (5,336,000)

Required:

Determine the fair value in excess of book value for Persoff's acquisition date investment in Sea Cliff.

Determine Persoff's Equity earnings in Sea Cliff's balance for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Determine Persoff's December 31, 2024, Investment in Sea Cliff's balance.

Prepare a worksheet to determine the consolidated values to be reported on Persoffs financial statements.

Determine Persoff's December 31, 2024, Investment in Sea Cliff's balance