On January 2, Year 1, Road Ltd. acquired 70% of the outstanding voting shares of Runner Ltd. The acquisition differential of $280,000 on that date was allocated in the following manner:
Inventory............ $100,000
Land............ 50,000
Plant and equipment.......... 60,000 estimated life, 5 years
Patent ................ 40,000 estimated life, 8 years
Goodwill............. 30,000
................ $280,000
The Year 5 income statements for the two companies were as follows:

Additional Information
€¢ Runner regularly sells raw materials to Road. Intercompany sales in Year 5 totaled $420,000.
€¢ Intercompany profits in the inventories of Road were as follows:
January 1, Year 5............ $75,000
December 31, Year 5............ 40,000
€¢ Road€™s entire rental expense relates to equipment rented from Runner.
€¢ A goodwill impairment loss of $3,000 occurred in Year 5.
€¢ Retained earnings at December 31, Year 5, for Road and Runner were $2,525,700 and $1,150,000, respectively.
€¢ Road uses the equity method to account for its investment, and uses income tax allocation at the rate of 40% when it prepares consolidated statements.
Required:
(a) Prepare a consolidated income statement for Year 5 with expenses classified by nature.
(b) Calculate consolidated retained earnings at December 31, Year 5.
(c) If Road had used parent company extension theory rather than entity theory, how would this affect the return on equity attributable to shareholders of Road for Year 5?

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oa Runner Sales Intercompany investment income Rental revenue $4,000,000 $2,100,000 210,700 Total income Materials used in manufacturing Changes in work-in-progress and finished goods 70,000 4,210,700 210 000 800,000 2,000,000 inventory Employee benefits Interest expense Depreciation Patent amortization Rental expense Income tax 45,000 550,000 250,000 405,000 (20,000) 480,000 140,000 245,000 25,000 35,000 300,000 Total expenses Profit 200,000 3,585,000 1,870,000 625,700 $300,000