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On January 1, 2014, Alison, Inc., paid $91,200 for a 40 percent interest in Holister Corporation’s common stock. This investee had assets with a book value of $268,500 and liabilities of $98,500. A patent held by Holister having a $9,500 book value was actually worth $36,500. This patent had a six-year remaining life. Any further excess cost associated with this acquisition was attributed to goodwill. During 2014, Holister earned income of $42,200 and declared and paid dividends of $14,000. In 2015, it had income of $62,750 and dividends of $19,000. During 2015, the fair value of Allison’s investment in Holister had risen from $104,280 to $108,880. |
a. |
Assuming Alison uses the equity method, what balance should appear in the Investment in Holister account as of December 31, 2015? |
b. |
Assuming Alison uses fair-value accounting, what income from the investment in Holister should be reported for 2015? |
a. 116,980
Initial Investment Value | 91,800.00 |
Share of Net Income-2014 | 16,880.00 |
Dividend Received-2014 | (5,600.00) |
Additional Amortization patent -2014 | (1,800.00) |
Share of Net Income-2015 | 25,100.00 |
Dividend Received-2015 | (7,600.00) |
Additional Amortization patent -2015 | (1,800.00) |
Value of Investment as on 31st Dec 2015 | 116,980.00 |
b)
The Investment will be shown at Fiar Value of 108,880.
Dividend Income | 7,600.00 | This is reported in Income Statement |
Unrealised Gain (Change in Fair Value) | 4,600.00 | This is reported in Stockholder's
Equity If it is Availabe for sale securities. And in Income Statement if it is held for Trading Securities. |
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