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Mitchell Corporation pays $10 million to acquire a 30 percent interest in Turner Corporation’s stock on January 1, 2020, and reports the investment using the equity method. Any basis difference is attributed to goodwill. During 2020, Turner reports net income of $1,000,000, which includes $50,000 in realized and unrealized gains on trading securities. Turner also reports $80,000 in unrealized losses on AFS securities in other comprehensive income, and pays dividends of $250,000 in 2020. Required Prepare Mitchell’s journal entries to record the above events for 2020
Journal entries: | |||||
2020 | |||||
1-Jan | Investment in Turner Corporation | Dr | 10,000,000 | ||
Cash | Cr | 10,000,000 | |||
(To record the investment) | |||||
31-Dec | Investment in Turner Corporation | Dr | 285,000 | ||
Equity in income of Turner Corporation | Cr | 285,000 | |||
(To accrue the earnings of the investee: $950,000*30%) | |||||
31-Dec | Investment in Turner Corporation | Dr | 15,000 | ||
Equity in income of Turner Corporation | Cr | 15,000 | |||
(To record realized and unrealized gains on trading securities of Turner Corporation: $50,000*30%) | |||||
31-Dec | Unrealized losses on equity method investments (OCI) | Dr | 24,000 | ||
Investment in Turner Corporation | Cr | 24,000 | |||
(To report 30% share of Turner Corporation’s unrealized losses on AFS securities) | |||||
31-Dec | Cash | Dr | 75,000 | ||
Investment in Turner Corporation | Cr | 75,000 | |||
(To record receipt of the declared dividend) | |||||
31-Dec | Investment in Turner Corporation | Dr | 201,000 | ||
Goodwill | Cr | 201000 |