In: Accounting
Alex, Inc., buys 40 percent of Steinbart Company on January 1, 2017, for $530,000. The equity method of accounting is to be used. Steinbart's net assets on that date were $1.2 million. Any excess of cost over book value is attributable to a trade name with a 20-year remaining life. Steinbart immediately begins supplying inventory to Alex as follows:
| Amount Held by
Alex at Year-End (at Transfer Price)  | 
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| 2017 | $70,000 | $100,000 | $25,000 | 
| 2018 | 96,000 | 150,000 | 
 45,000  | 
Inventory held at the end of one year by Alex is sold at the beginning of the next.
Steinbart reports net income of $80,000 in 2017 and $110,000 in 2018 and declares $30,000 in dividends each year. What is the equity income in Steinbart to be reported by Alex in 2018?
| Purchase Cost - Steinbart Company | 530,000 | 
| Book Value of Steinbart Shares - $1,200,000 X 40% | 480,000 | 
| Trade Name | 50,000 | 
| Annual Amortization - Trade Name - $50,000 / 20 Years | 2,500 | 
| Gross Profit Rate - 2017 = $30,000 / $100,000 = 30% | |
| Gross Profit Rate - 2018 = $54,000 / $150,000 = 36% | |
| Equity Income in Steinbart - 2018 | |
| Income - $110,000 X 40% | 44,000 | 
| Less: Amortization - Trade Name | (2,500) | 
| Recognition of 2017 - Unrealized Gain - $25,000 X 30% X 40% | 3,000 | 
| Less: Deferreal of 2018 Unrealized Gain - $45,000 X 36% X 40% | (6,480) | 
| Equity Income in Steinbart - 2018 | 38,020 |