In: Accounting
On January 1, 2018, Sledge had common stock of $220,000 and retained earnings of $360,000. During that year, Sledge reported sales of $230,000, cost of goods sold of $120,000, and operating expenses of $50,000.
On January 1, 2016, Percy, Inc., acquired 70 percent of Sledge's outstanding voting stock. At that date, $70,000 of the acquisition-date fair value was assigned to unrecorded contracts (with a 20-year life) and $30,000 to an undervalued building (with a 10-year remaining life).
In 2017, Sledge sold inventory costing $12,500 to Percy for $25,000. Of this merchandise, Percy continued to hold $4,000 at year-end. During 2018, Sledge transferred inventory costing $15,000 to Percy for $30,000. Percy still held half of these items at year-end.
On January 1, 2017, Percy sold equipment to Sledge for $17,000. This asset originally cost $26,000 but had a January 1, 2017, book value of $11,000. At the time of transfer, the equipment's remaining life was estimated to be five years.
Percy has properly applied the equity method to the investment in Sledge.