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Question 10
Pepper Company acquired 80 percent of Salt Company's stock at
underlying book value on January 1, 2018. At that date, Salt
reported common stock outstanding of $1,050,000 and retained
earnings of $840,000; the fair value of the noncontrolling interest
was equal to 20 percent of the book value of Salt Company. Salt Co.
sold equipment to Pepper Co. for a $720,000 on December 31, 2018.
Salt Co. had originally purchased the equipment for $800,000 on
January 1, 2015, with a useful life of 10 years and no salvage
value. At the time of the purchase, Pepper Co. estimated that the
equipment still had the same remaining useful life. Both companies
use straight-line depreciation.
Pepper sold land costing $132,000 to Salt Company on June 28, 2019,
for $178,000.
a) Prepare Pepper’s journal entries related to intercompany sale of land and equipment for 2019.
b) Prepare the consolidation entries that related to intercompany sale of land for 2019.
c) Prepare the consolidation entries that related to intercompany sale of equipment for 2019.
1)
Date | Journal Entry | Debit | Credit |
1 Jan, 2018 | Investment in shares of salt company | $1,512,000 | |
To cash (1,050,000 + 840,000) * 80% | $1,512,000 | ||
(Being shares of salt company acquired) | |||
2) Pepper Company
Date | Journal Entry | Debit | Credit |
28 June, 2019 | Cash | $178,000 | |
To Land | $132,000 | ||
To gain on sale | $46,000 | ||
(Being land sold to salt company) |
Salt Company
Date | Journal Entry | Debit | Credit |
28 June, 2019 | Land | $178,000 | |
To cash | $178,000 | ||
(Being land purchased from pepper company) |
Elimination of unrealised profits
Date | Journal Entry | Debit | Credit |
31 Dec, 2019 | Gain on sale | $46,000 | |
To land | $46,000 | ||
(Being elimination of unrealised profit from sale of land) |
3) Pepper Company
Date | Journal Entry | Debit | Credit |
31 Dec, 2018 | Cash | $720,000 | |
Accumulated Depreciation (800,000 / 10) * 4 | $320,000 | ||
To Equipment | $800,000 | ||
To gain on sale of equipment | $240,000 | ||
(Being equipment sold to salt company) |
Salt Company
Date | Journal Entry | Debit | Credit |
31 Dec, 2018 | Equipment | $720,000 | |
To cash | $720,000 | ||
(Being equipment purchased from pepper company) | |||
31 Dec, 2019 | Depreciation (720,000 / 6) | $120,000 | |
To accumulated depreciation | $120,000 | ||
(Being depreciation charged on equipment) |
Elimination of unrealised gain and restore the equipment to its original cost and adjusted depreciation
Date | Journal Entry | Debit | Credit |
31 Dec, 2019 | Equipment | $80,000 | |
Gain on sale of equipment | $240,000 | ||
To depreciation | $40,000 | ||
To Accumulated depreciation | $280,000 | ||
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