In: Accounting
On January 1, 2020, QuickPort Company acquired 90 percent of the outstanding voting stock of NetSpeed, Inc., for $1,161,000 in cash and stock options. At the acquisition date, NetSpeed had common stock of $1,220,000 and Retained Earnings of $61,000. The acquisition-date fair value of the 10 percent noncontrolling interest was $129,000. QuickPort attributed the $9,000 excess of NetSpeed's fair value over book value to a database with a five-year remaining life.
During the next two years, NetSpeed reported the following:
Net Income | Dividends Declared | |||||
2020 | $ | 12,600 | $ | 1,800 | ||
2021 | 18,000 | 1,800 | ||||
On July 1, 2020, QuickPort sold communication equipment to NetSpeed for $15,000. The equipment originally cost $18,500 and had accumulated depreciation of $5,300 and an estimated remaining life of three years at the date of the intra-entity transfer.