In: Accounting
Phone Corporation acquired 70 percent of Smart Corporation’s
common stock on December 31, 20X4, for $98,000. At that date, the
fair value of the noncontrolling interest was $42,000. Data from
the balance sheets of the two companies included the following
amounts as of the date of acquisition:
Phone | Smart | |||||||||
Item | Corporation | Corporation | ||||||||
Cash | $ | 62,300 | $ | 21,000 | ||||||
Accounts Receivable | 95,000 | 51,000 | ||||||||
Inventory | 136,000 | 90,000 | ||||||||
Land | 71,000 | 39,000 | ||||||||
Buildings & Equipment | 425,000 | 254,000 | ||||||||
Less: Accumulated Depreciation | (162,000 | ) | (79,000 | ) | ||||||
Investment in Smart Corporation | 98,000 | |||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 725,300 | $ | 376,000 | ||||||
Accounts Payable | $ | 151,500 | $ | 26,000 | ||||||
Mortgage Payable | 304,800 | 231,000 | ||||||||
Common Stock | 65,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||
Retained Earnings | 204,000 | 79,000 | ||||||||
Total Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity | $ | 725,300 | $ | 376,000 | ||||||
At the date of the business combination, the book values of Smart’s
assets and liabilities approximated fair value except for
inventory, which had a fair value of $96,000, and buildings and
equipment, which had a fair value of $190,000. At December 31,
20X4, Phone reported accounts payable of $14,400 to Smart, which
reported an equal amount in its accounts receivable.
Required:
a. Prepare the consolidation entry or entries needed to prepare a
consolidated balance sheet immediately following the business
combination. (If no entry is required for a
transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first
account field.)