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Large Ltd. purchased 80% of Small Company on January 1, Year 6, for $620,000, when the statement of financial position for Small showed common shares of $430,000 and retained earnings of $130,000. On that date, the inventory of Small was undervalued by $43,000, and a patent with an estimated remaining life of five years was overvalued by $64,000.
Small reported the following subsequent to January 1, Year 6:
Profit (Loss) | Dividends | |
Year 6 | 92,000 | 28,000 |
Year 7 | (38,000) | 13,000 |
Year 8 | 93,000 | 43,000 |
A test for goodwill impairment on December 31, Year 8, indicated a loss of $19,600 should be reported for Year 8 on the consolidated income statement. Large uses the cost method to account for its investment in Small and reported the following for Year 8 for its separate-entity statement of changes in equity:
Retained earnings, beginning | 530,000 |
Profit | 230,000 |
Dividends | (67,000) |
Retained earnings, end | 693,000 |
Required:
(a) Prepare the cost method journal entries of Large for each year (Years 6, 7, and 8).
(b) Compute the following on the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, Year 8:
- (i) Goodwill
- (ii) Non-controlling interest on the statement of financial position
- (iii) Retained earnings, beginning of year
- (iv) Profit attributable to Large’s shareholders
- (v) Profit attributable to non-controlling interest
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Cost of 80% investment | $ 620,000 | |||||
Implied cost of 100% investment | $ 775,000 | |||||
Ordinary shares | $ 430,000 | |||||
Retained earnings | $ 130,000 | $ 560,000 | ||||
Acquisition differential – Jan. 1, Year 6 | $ 215,000 | |||||
Allocated: | ||||||
Inventory | $ 43,000 | |||||
Patents | $ (64,000) | $ (21,000) | ||||
Balance – goodwill | $ 236,000 | |||||
Balance | Balance | |||||
Jan. 1 Year 6 | Amortization Year 6 and 7 | Year 8 | Dec. 31 Year 8 | |||
Inventory | $ 43,000 | $ 43,000 | ||||
Patents | $ (64,000) | $ (25,600) | $ (12,800) | $ (25,600) | ||
Goodwill | $ 236,000 | $ - | $ 19,600 | $ 216,400 | ||
$ 215,000 | $ 17,400 | $ 6,800 | $ 190,800 | |||
PART a | ||||||
Year 6 | Year 7 | Year 8 | ||||
Investment in Small | $ 620,000 | |||||
Cash | $ 620,000 | |||||
Cash | $ 22,400 | $ 10,400 | $ 34,400 | |||
Dividend income | $ 22,400 | $ 10,400 | $ 34,400 | |||
PART b | ||||||
(i) Goodwill | $ 216,400 | |||||
(ii) Small’s ordinary shares | $ 430,000 | |||||
Small’s retained earnings: | ||||||
Beginning Retained Earning | $ 130,000 | |||||
Year 6 Net Income | $ 92,000 | |||||
Year 7 Net Income | $ (38,000) | |||||
Year 8 Net Income | $ 93,000 | |||||
Year 6 Dividend | $ (28,000) | |||||
Year 7 Dividend | $ (13,000) | |||||
Year 8 Dividend | $ (43,000) | $ 193,000 | ||||
Unamortized acquisition differential | $ 190,800 | |||||
$ 813,800 | ||||||
NCI Share 20% | $ 162,760 | |||||
(iii) | ||||||
Large’s retained earnings | $ 530,000 | |||||
Beginning Retained Earning | $ 130,000 | |||||
Year 6 Net Income | $ 92,000 | |||||
Year 7 Net Income | $ (38,000) | |||||
Year 6 Dividend | $ (28,000) | |||||
Year 7 Dividend | $ (13,000) | $ 143,000 | ||||
Small’s retained earnings, date of acquisition | $ (130,000) | |||||
Change since acquisition | $ 13,000 | |||||
Less: cumulative amortization of acquisition differential | $ (17,400) | |||||
Adjusted change since acquisition | $ (4,400) | |||||
Large’s share (80%) | $ (3,520) | |||||
Consolidated retained earnings | $ 526,480 | |||||
(iv) | ||||||
Large’s profit | $ 230,000 | |||||
Less: dividends from Small (43,000 x80%) | $ (34,400) | |||||
$ 195,600 | ||||||
Small’s profit | $ 93,000 | |||||
Less: amortization of acquisition differential | $ (6,800) | |||||
$ 86,200 | ||||||
Large’s share (80%) | $ 68,960 | |||||
Consolidated profit attributable to Large’s shareholders | $ 264,560 | |||||
(v) | ||||||
NCI on income statement (86,200 x 20%) | $ 17,240 |