Question

On January 1, 2015, Port Company acquires 8,000 shares of Solvo Company byi ssuing 10,000 of its common stock shares with a par value of $10 per share and a fair value of $70 per share. The price paid reflects a control premium. The market value of the shares owned by the NCI is $80 per share. At the time of the purchase, Solvo has the following balance sheet: PROBLEMS Assets Currentassets .............. Investments ................ Land...................... Building(net)............... Equipment(net) ............. Totalassets............... $100,000 150,000 120,000 350,000 160,000 $880,000 Liabilities and Equity Currentliabilities............... Bondspayable ................ Commonstock($10par)......... Paid-in capital in excess of par . . . . Retainedearnings.............. Total liabilities and equity . . . . . . $ 80,000 250,000 100,000 200,000 250,000 $880,000 Appraisals indicate that book values are representative of fair values with the exception of the land and building. The land has a fair value of $180,000, and the building is appraised at $450,000. The building has an estimated remaining life of 20 years. Any remaining excess is goodwill. The following summary of Solvo’s retained earnings applies to 2015 and 2016: Balance,January1,2015................... $250,000 Netincomefor2015..................... 60,000 Dividendspaidin2015................... (10,000) Balance,December31,2015 ............... $300,000 Netincomefor2016..................... 50,000 Dividendspaidin2016................... (10,000) Balance,December31,2016 ............... $340,000 1. Prepare a value analysis and a determination and distribution of excess schedule for the investment in Solvo Company. As a part of the schedule, indicate annual amortization of excess adjustments. 2. For 2015 and 2016, prepare the entries that Port would make concerning its investment in Solvo under the simple equity, sophisticated equity, and cost methods You may want to set up a worksheet with side-by-side columns for each method so that you can easily compare the entries. 3. For 2015 and 2016, prepare the worksheet elimination that would be made on a consolidated worksheet under the simple equity, sophisticated equity, and cost methods. You may want to set up a worksheet with side-by-side columns for each method so that you can easily compare the entries.

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