In: Accounting
On January 1, 2018, Sledge had common stock of $160,000 and retained earnings of $300,000. During that year, Sledge reported sales of $170,000, cost of goods sold of $90,000, and operating expenses of $44,000.
On January 1, 2016, Percy, Inc., acquired 70 percent of Sledge's outstanding voting stock. At that date, $64,000 of the acquisition-date fair value was assigned to unrecorded contracts (with a 20-year life) and $24,000 to an undervalued building (with a 10-year remaining life).
In 2017, Sledge sold inventory costing $10,450 to Percy for $19,000. Of this merchandise, Percy continued to hold $9,000 at year-end. During 2018, Sledge transferred inventory costing $14,400 to Percy for $24,000. Percy still held half of these items at year-end.
On January 1, 2017, Percy sold equipment to Sledge for $14,000. This asset originally cost $20,000 but had a January 1, 2017, book value of $9,800. At the time of transfer, the equipment's remaining life was estimated to be five years.
Percy has properly applied the equity method to the investment in Sledge.