On January 1, Year 2, Gros Corporation acquired 70% of the outstanding common shares of Petite Company

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On January 1, Year 2, Gros Corporation acquired 70% of the outstanding common shares of Petite Company for a total cost of $84,000. On that date, Petite had $35,000 of common shares and $25,000 of retained earnings. The carrying amounts of each of Petite's identifiable assets and liabilities were equal to their fair values except for the following:
On January 1, Year 2, Gros Corporation acquired 70% of

The equipment had an estimated useful life of 10 years as at January 1, Year 2, and the entire inventory was sold during Year 2. Selected account balances from the records of Gros and Petite for the year ended December 31, Year 6, were as follows:

On January 1, Year 2, Gros Corporation acquired 70% of

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€¢ Gros uses the cost method to account for its investment in Petite.
€¢ An independent valuator has estimated that the goodwill associated with Gros's acquisition of Petite had a recoverable amount of $28,000 as of December 31, Year 6.
Required:
(a) Determine the amounts on the Year 6 consolidated financial statements for the above-noted accounts.
(b) If the independent appraisal of the recoverable amount for goodwill as at December 31, Year 6, showed an amount of $8,000 instead of the $28,000 indicated above, what would be the impact on the following?
(i) Consolidated net income attributable to Gros's shareholders
(ii) Consolidated retained earnings
(iii) Consolidated net income attributable to non-controlling interest

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Modern Advanced Accounting In Canada

ISBN: 9781259066481

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Authors: Hilton Murray, Herauf Darrell

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