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Plaza, Inc., acquires 80 percent of the outstanding common stock of Stanford Corporation on January 1, 2018, in exchange for $985,400 cash. At the acquisition

Plaza, Inc., acquires 80 percent of the outstanding common stock of Stanford Corporation on January 1, 2018, in exchange for $985,400 cash. At the acquisition date, Stanford’s total fair value, including the noncontrolling interest, was assessed at $1,231,750. Also at the acquisition date, Stanford's book value was $532,500.

 

Several individual items on Stanford’s financial records had fair values that differed from their book values as follows:

 

  Book Value   Fair Value
Tradenames (indefinite life) $ 301,200     $ 354,900  
Property and equipment (net, 8-year remaining life)   232,000       255,200  
Patent (14-year remaining life)   120,400       161,000  

 

For internal reporting purposes, Plaza, Inc., employs the equity method to account for this investment. The following account balances are for the year ending December 31, 2018, for both companies.

 

  Plaza   Stanford
Revenues $ (828,200 )   $ (746,500 )
Cost of goods sold   458,700       321,700  
Depreciation expense   194,400       29,000  
Amortization expense           23,000  
Equity in income of Stanford   (293,600 )     0  
Net income $ (468,700 )   $ (372,800 )
               
Retained earnings, 1/1/18 $ (1,036,200 )   $ (431,000 )
Net income   (468,700 )     (372,800 )
Dividends declared   243,800       29,000  
Retained earnings, 12/31/18 $ (1,261,100 )   $ (774,800 )
               
Current assets $ 698,800     $ 370,700  
Investment in Stanford   1,255,800       0  
Tradenames   195,300       301,200  
Property and equipment (net)   837,900       203,000  
Patents   0       97,400  
Total assets $ 2,987,800     $ 972,300  
               
Accounts payable $ (115,200 )   $ (96,000 )
Common stock   (244,800 )     (70,000 )
Additional paid-in capital   (1,366,700 )     (31,500 )
Retained earnings (above)   (1,261,100 )     (774,800 )
Total liabilities and equities $ (2,987,800 )   $ (972,300 )

 

At year-end, there were no intra-entity receivables or payables.

 

Prepare a worksheet to consolidate the financial statements of Plaza, Inc. and its subsidiary Stanford. (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. Amounts in the Debit and Credit columns should be entered as positive. Negative amounts for the Noncontrolling Interest and Consolidated Totals columns should be entered with a minus sign.)

 

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