In: Accounting
On January 1, 20X7, Pepper Company acquired 90 percent of the
outstanding common stock of Salt Corporation for $1,242,000. On
that date, the fair value of noncontrolling interest was equal to
$138,000. The entire differential was related to land held by Salt.
At the date of acquisition, Salt had common stock outstanding of
$520,000, additional paid-in capital of $200,000, and retained
earnings of $540,000. During 20X7, Salt sold inventory to Pepper
for $440,000. The inventory originally cost Salt $360,000. By
year-end, 30 percent was still in Pepper's ending inventory. During
20X8, the remaining inventory was resold to an unrelated customer.
Both Pepper and Salt use perpetual inventory systems.
Income and dividend information for both Pepper and Salt for 20X7
and 20X8 are as follows:
Pepper Company | Salt Corp. | ||||||||||||
Operating Income |
Dividends | Net Income | Dividends | ||||||||||
20X7 | $ | 860,000 | $ | 160,000 | $ | 360,000 | $ | 200,000 | |||||
20X8 | 910,000 | 200,000 | 420,000 | 200,000 | |||||||||
Assume Pepper uses the fully adjusted equity method to account for
its investment in Salt.
Required:
a. Present the worksheet consolidation entries necessary to prepare
consolidated financial statements for 20X7.
b. Present the worksheet consolidation entries necessary to prepare
consolidated financial statements for 20X8.