Accounting for Investments Using the Cost and Equity
Methods
On 1/1/x1, Omega Corporation’s net worth was as follows:
Common stock (15,000 shares, $10 par
value)
$150,000
Additional paid-in
capital
30,000
Retained
Earnings
60,000
Total
$240,000
On 1/1/14, Alpha, Inc. purchased 3,000 shares of Omega
Corporation at a price of $29 per share. Omega Corporation’s equity
securities are not readily marketable. Alpha could not attribute
any of the excess cost over book value to any...