Pop Corporation acquired a 70 percent interest in Son Corporation on January 1, 2016, for $420,000 cash,

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Pop Corporation acquired a 70 percent interest in Son Corporation on January 1, 2016, for $420,000 cash, when Son's equity consisted of $300,000 capital stock and $200,000 retained earnings. On July 1, 2017, Pop acquired an additional 10 percent interest in Son for $67,500, to bring its interest in Son to 80 percent. The financial statements of Pop and Son Corporations at and for the year ended December 31, 2017, are as follows (in thousands):

Pop Corporation acquired a 70 percent interest in Son Corporation

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. The fair value/book value differential from Pop's two purchases of Son was goodwill.
2. Pop Corporation sold inventory items to Son during 2016 for $60,000, at a gross profit of $10,000. During 2017, Pop's sales to Son were $48,000, at a gross profit of $8,000. Half of the 2016 intercompany sales were inventoried by Son at year-end 2016, and three-fourths of the 2017 sales remained unsold by Son at year-end 2017. Son owes Pop $25,000 from 2017 purchases.
3. At year-end 2016, Son purchased land from Pop for $20,000. The cost of this land to Pop was $12,000.
4. Pop sold machinery with a book value of $40,000 to Son for $80,000 on July 8, 2017. The machinery had a five-year useful life at that time. Son uses straight-line depreciation without considering salvage value on the machinery.
5. Pop uses a one-line consolidation in accounting for Son. Both Pop and Son Corporations declared dividends for 2017 in equal amounts in June and December.
REQUIRED:
Prepare a workpaper to consolidate the financial statements of Pop Corporation and Subsidiary for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 978-0134472140

13th edition

Authors: Floyd A. Beams, Joseph H. Anthony, Bruce Bettinghaus, Kenneth Smith

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