Large Ltd. purchased 80% of Small Company on January 1, Year 6, for $800,000, when the statement
Question:
Large Ltd. purchased 80% of Small Company on January 1, Year 6, for $800,000, when the statement of financial position for Small showed common shares of $490,000 and retained earnings of $190,000. On that date, the inventory of Small was undervalued by $51,000, and a patent with an estimated remaining life of five years was overvalued by $76,000.
Small reported the following subsequent to January 1, Year 6:
Profit (Loss) | Dividends | |||||
Year 6 | $ | 116,000 | $ | 34,000 | ||
Year 7 | (44,000 | ) | 19,000 | |||
Year 8 | 99,000 | 49,000 | ||||
A test for goodwill impairment on December 31, Year 8, indicated a loss of $20,200 should be reported for Year 8 on the consolidated income statement. Large uses the cost method to account for its investment in Small and reported the following for Year 8 for its separate-entity statement of changes in equity:
Retained earnings, beginning | $ | 590,000 | |||
Profit | 290,000 | ||||
Dividends | (61,000 | ) | |||
Retained earnings, end | $ | 819,000 | |||
Modern Advanced Accounting in Canada
ISBN: 978-1259087554
8th edition
Authors: Hilton Murray, Herauf Darrell