Question

On January 1, Year 1, Present Inc. purchased 80 percent of the outstanding voting shares of Sunrise Co. for $3,000,000. On that date, Sunrise’s shareholders’ equity consisted of retained earnings of $1,500,000 and common shares of $1,000,000. Sunrise’s identifiable assets and liabilities had fair values that were equal to their carrying values on January 1, Year 1.

Account balances for selected accounts for the Year 5 financial statements were as follows:

		Present			Sunrise
Property, plant, and equipment (net)	$	2,100,000		$	3,500,000
Common shares	$	1,500,000		$	1,000,000
Retained earnings, beginning of Year 5	$	2,600,000		$	2,800,000
Depreciation expense	$	250,000		$	300,000
Income tax expense	$	300,000		$	350,000
Net income	$	450,000		$	525,000
Dividends paid	$	300,000		$	0

Additional Information

Present carries its investment in Sunrise on its books by the cost method.

At the beginning of Year 4, Sunrise sold Present a machine for its fair value of $800,000. Sunrise had purchased the machine in Year 1. The carrying amount at the time of the sale to Present was $640,000. The machine had an estimated remaining useful life of eight years on the date of the intercompany sale.

Any goodwill arising from the business combination is to be tested annually for impairment. Goodwill has not been impaired in any year since the date of acquisition.

Both companies use the straight-line method for depreciation.

Both companies are taxed at 40 percent.

What is the income tax expense on the consolidated income statement for Year 5?

Multiple Choice

• $642,000

• $650,000

• $658,000

• $666,000

Answer 1

What is the income tax expense on the consolidated income statement for Year 5?

Answer:

Option c: $658,000

Calculation:

Here, we need to calculate the income tax expense on the consolidated income statement for Year 5.

For that we need to add the income tax expense of both Present and Sunrise. And then add the amortization. Then we need to multiply amortization with the tax of 40 percent. Then find the total

So first step is to calculate the amortization.

Excess over book value = Fair value - Book value = $800,000 – $640,000 = 160,000

The machine had an estimated remaining useful life of eight years on the date of the intercompany sale.

Amortization = 160,000 / 8 years = 20,000

Then we need to find the income tax expense

Income tax expense = Income tax expense of Present + Income tax expense of Sunrise + (Amortization x Tax rate) =  ($300,000 + $350,000 + (20,000 × 40%) = $658,000