On January 1, 2020, Coldspring Corp. paid $770,000 to acquire Whitt Co. Coldspring used the equity method
Question:
On January 1, 2020, Coldspring Corp. paid $770,000 to acquire Whitt Co. Coldspring used the equity method to account for the investment. The following information is available for the assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity accounts of Whitt:
Book Value | Fair Value | |
Current assets | $95,000 | $95,000 |
Land | 95,000 | 120,000 |
Building (twenty year life) | 255,000 | 310,000 |
Equipment (five year life) | 185,000 | 190,000 |
Current liabilities | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Long-term liabilities | 65,000 | 65,000 |
Common stock | 140,000 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 300,000 | |
Retained earnings | 210,000 |
Whitt earned net income for 2020 of $125,000 and paid dividends of $18,000 during the year.
1. The 2020 consolidation entry to reverse Coldspring’s recognition of Whitt's income and dividends in the current year would include a net credit to Equity Investment for:
2.If Coldspring had income from its own operations, excluding any investment income, of $425,500 in 2020, what would be consolidated net income?
The answers are 103,250 and 546,750, How to get these answers?
Advanced Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0078025624
10th edition
Authors: Theodore E. Christensen, David M. Cottrell, Richard E. Baker