On July 1, 2024, Truman Company acquired a 70 percent interest in Atlanta Company in exchange for consideration of $813,450 in cash and equity securities. The remaining 30 percent of Atlantas shares traded closely near an average price that totaled $330,050 both before and after Trumans acquisition.

In reviewing its acquisition, Truman assigned a $122,500 fair value to a patent recently developed by Atlanta, even though it was not recorded within the financial records of the subsidiary. This patent is anticipated to have a remaining life of five years.

The following financial information is available for these two companies for 2024. In addition, the subsidiarys income was earned uniformly throughout the year. The subsidiary declared dividends quarterly.

Required:

a. How did Truman allocate Atlantas acquisition-date fair value to the various assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the combination?

b. How did Truman allocate the goodwill from the acquisition across the controlling and noncontrolling interests?

c. How did Truman derive the Investment in Atlanta account balance at the end of 2024?

d. Prepare a worksheet to consolidate the financial statements of these two companies as of December 31, 2024. At year-end, there were no intra-entity receivables or payables.

How did Truman derive the Investment in Atlanta account balance at the end of 2024 ? How did Truman allocate Atlanta's acquisition-date fair value to the various assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the combination? How did Truman allocate the goodwill from the acquisition across the controlling and noncontrolling interests? Prepare a worksheet to consolidate the financial statements of these two companies as of December 31,2024 . At year-end, there were no intra-entity receivables or payables. Note: For accounts where multiple consolidation entries are required, combine all debit entries into one amount and enter this amount in the debit column of the worksheet. Similarly, combine all credit entries into one amount and enter this amount in the credit column of the worksheet. Input all amounts as positive values