Downstream Intercompany Equipment
Transactions
On July 1, 2015, Pearl Industries sold administrative equipment
with a book value of $1,200,000 to its subsidiary, Shiek Shoes, for
$1,400,000. At the date of sale, the equipment had a remaining life
of five years. It is being straight-line depreciated on Shiek’s
books. It is now December 31, 2017, the end of the accounting year,
and you are preparing the working paper to consolidate the trial
balances of Pearl and Shiek. Shiek still owns the...