Phone Corporation owns 80 percent of Smart Company's stock. At the end of 20X8, Phone and Smart reported the following partial operating results and inventory balances:

	Phone Corporation				Smart Company
Total sales	$	679,000			$	519,000
Sales to Smart Company		150,500
Sales to Phone Corporation						250,500
Net income						31,000
Operating income (excluding investment income from Smart)		81,000
Inventory on hand, December 31, 20X8, purchased from:
Smart Company		50,100
Phone Corporation						45,150

Phone regularly prices its products at cost plus a 40 percent markup for profit. Smart prices its sales at cost plus a 20 percent markup. The total sales reported by Phone and Smart include both intercompany sales and sales to nonaffiliates. Required: a. What amount of sales will be reported in the consolidated income statement for 20X8?

b. What amount of cost of goods sold will be reported in the 20X8 consolidated income statement? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to nearest whole dollar amount.) c. What amount of consolidated net income and income to controlling interest will be reported in the 20X8 consolidated income statement? d. What balance will be reported for inventory in the consolidated balance sheet for December 31, 20X8?

On the date of the stock acquisition, Pepper's shares were selling at $35, and Salt Manufacturing's buildings and equipment had a remaining economic life of 10 years. The amount of the differential assigned to goodwill is not impaired. In the two years following the stock acquisition, Salt Manufacturing reported net income of $81,000 and $51,000 and paid dividends of $29,000 and $41,000, respectively. Pepper used the equity method in accounting for its ownership of Salt Manufacturing. Required: a. Prepare the entry recorded by Pepper Corporation at the time of acquisition. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Journal entry worksheet

• Record the acquisition of Salt Manufacturing.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

Event	General Journal	Debit	Credit
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b-1. Prepare the journal entries recorded by Pepper during 20X0 related to its investment in Salt Manufacturing. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Journal entry worksheet

• Record the acquisition of Salt Manufacturing.
• Record the dividends received from Salt Manufacturing.
• Record the equity-method income for period.
• Record the entry to amortize the differential assigned to buildings and equipment.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

Event	General Journal	Debit	Credit
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b-2. Prepare the journal entries recorded by Pepper during 20X1 related to its investment in Salt Manufacturing. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Journal entry worksheet

• Record the dividends received from Salt Manufacturing.
• Record the equity-method income for period.
• Record the entry to amortize the differential assigned to buildings and equipment.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

Event	General Journal	Debit	Credit
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c. What balance will be reported in Peppers investment account on December 31, 20X1?

Investment account balance :