Parson Company acquired an 80 percent interest in Syber Company on January 1, 2020. Any portion of Syber's business fair value in excess of its corresponding book value was assigned to trademarks. This intangible asset has subsequently undergone annual amortization based on a 15-year life. Over the past two years, regular intra-entity inventory sales transpired between the two companies. No payment has yet been made on the latest transfer. All dividends are paid in the same period as declared.

The individual financial statements for the two companies as well as consolidated totals for 2021 follow (credit balances indicated by parentheses):

	Parson Company				Syber Company				Consolidated Totals
Sales	$	(808,000	)		$	(630,000	)		$	(1,281,000	)
Cost of goods sold		500,000				376,000				728,000
Operating expenses		103,000				105,000				209,400
Income of Syber		(110,880	)			0				0
Separate company net income	$	(315,880	)		$	(149,000	)
Consolidated net income									$	(343,600	)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest										27,720
Net income attributable to Parson Company									$	(315,880	)
Retained earnings, 1/1/21	$	(651,560	)		$	(299,000	)		$	(651,560	)
Net income (above)		(315,880	)			(149,000	)			(315,880	)
Dividends declared		71,000				27,000				71,000
Retained earnings, 12/31/21	$	(896,440	)		$	(421,000	)		$	(896,440	)
Cash and receivables	$	328,000			$	82,000			$	390,000
Inventory		175,000				160,000				317,000
Investment in Syber Company		402,560				0				0
Land, buildings, and equipment		407,000				346,000				753,000
Trademarks		0				0				18,200
Total assets	$	1,312,560			$	588,000			$	1,478,200
Liabilities	$	(274,120	)		$	(85,000	)		$	(339,120	)
Common stock		(115,000	)			(82,000	)			(115,000	)
Additional paid-in capital		(27,000	)			0				(27,000	)
Noncontrolling interest in Syber		0				0				(100,640	)
Retained earnings (above)		(896,440	)			(421,000	)			(896,440	)
Total liabilities and equities	$	(1,312,560	)		$	(588,000	)		$	(1,478,200	)

1. What method does Parson use to account for its investment in Syber?

2. What is the balance of the intra-entity inventory gross profit deferred at the end of the current period?

3. What amount was originally allocated to the trademarks?

4. What is the amount of the current-year intra-entity inventory sales?

5. Were the intra-entity inventory sales made upstream or downstream?

6. What is the balance of the intra-entity liability at the end of the current year?

7. What amount of intra-entity gross profit was deferred from the preceding period and recognized in the current period?

8. What was the ending Noncontrolling Interest in Syber Company computed?

9. With a tax rate of 21 percent, what income tax journal entry is recorded if the companies prepare a consolidated tax return?

10. With a tax rate of 21 percent, what income tax journal entry is recorded if these two companies prepare separate tax returns?

a. What method does Parson use to account for its investment in Syber? b. What is the balance of the intra-entity inventory gross profit deferred at the end of the current period? c. What amount was originally allocated to the trademarks? d. What is the amount of the current-year intra-entity inventory sales? e. Were the intra-entity inventory sales made upstream or downstream? f. What is the balance of the intra-entity liability at the end of the current year? g. What amount of intra-entity gross profit was deferred from the preceding period and recognized in the current period? h. What was the ending Noncontrolling Interest in Syber Company computed?