Testbank Exercise 121

Fill in the dollar changes caused in the Investment account and Dividend Revenue or Investment Revenue account by each of the following transactions, assuming Sheffield Company uses (a) the fair value method and (b) the equity method for accounting for its investments in Wildhorse Company. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45). Do not leave any answer field blank. Enter 0 for amounts.)

				(a) Fair Value Method				(b) Equity Method
		Transaction		Investment Account		Dividend Revenue		Investment Account		Investment Revenue
1.		At the beginning of Year 1, Sheffield bought 30% of Wildhorse's common stock at its book value. Total book value of all Wildhorse's common stock was $870,000 on this date.
2.		(a) During Year 1, Wildhorse reported $62,000 of net income.
		(b) During Year 1, Wildhorse paid $30,000 of dividends.
3.		(a) During Year 2, Wildhorse reported $31,000 of net income.
		(b) During Year 2, Wildhorse paid $19,500 of dividends.
4.		(a) During Year 3, Wildhorse reported a net loss of $8,000.
		(b) During Year 3, Wildhorse paid $4,100 of dividends.
5.		Indicate the Year 3 ending balance in the Investment account, and cumulative totals for Years 1, 2, and 3 for dividend revenue and investment revenue.