Question

Following are selected accounts for Mergaronite Company and Hill, Inc., as of December 31, 2018. Several of Mergaronite’s accounts have been omitted. Credit balances are indicated by parentheses. Dividends were declared and paid in the same period.

		Mergaronite				Hill
Revenues		$	(584,000	)		$	(248,000	)
Cost of goods sold			298,000				112,000
Depreciation expense			106,000				58,000
Investment income			NA				NA
Retained earnings, 1/1/18			(896,000	)			(590,000	)
Dividends declared			134,000				44,000
Current assets			210,000				676,000
Land			316,000				84,000
Buildings (net)			510,000				128,000
Equipment (net)			208,000				256,000
Liabilities			(412,000	)			(320,000	)
Common stock			(288,000	)			(44,000	)
Additional paid-in capital			(46,000	)			(938,000	)

Assume that Mergaronite took over Hill on January 1, 2014, by issuing 7,200 shares of common stock having a par value of $10 per share but a fair value of $100 each. On January 1, 2014, Hill’s land was undervalued by $19,200, its buildings were overvalued by $30,800, and equipment was undervalued by $58,200. The buildings had a 10-year remaining life; the equipment had a 5-year remaining life. A customer list with an appraised value of $104,000 was developed internally by Hill and was to be written off over a 20-year period.

1. Determine the December 31, 2018, consolidated totals for the following accounts:

2. In requirement (a), can the consolidated totals be determined without knowing which method the parent used to account for the subsidiary?

3. If the parent uses the equity method, what consolidation entries would be used on a 2018 worksheet?

Answer 1

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