Case Inc. acquired all Frey Inc.s outstanding $25 par common stock on December 31, 20X3, in exchange

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Case Inc. acquired all Frey Inc.€™s outstanding $25 par common stock on December 31, 20X3, in exchange for 40,000 shares of its $25 par common stock. Case€™s common stock closed at $56.50 per share on a national stock exchange on December 31, 20X3. Both corporations continued to operate as separate businesses maintaining separate accounting records with years ending December 31.
On December 31, 20X4, after year-end adjustments and the closing of nominal accounts, the companies had condensed balance sheet accounts (below).
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1. Case uses the equity method of accounting for its investment in Frey.
2. On December 31, 20X3, Frey€™s assets and liabilities had fair values equal to the book balances with the exception of land, which had a fair value of $550,000. Frey had no land transactions in 20X4.
3. On June 15, 20X4, Frey paid a cash dividend of $4 per share on its common stock.
4. On December 10, 20X4, Case paid a cash dividend totaling $256,000 on its common stock.
5. On December 31, 20X3, immediately before the combination, the stockholders€™ equity balance was:

Case Inc. acquired all Frey Inc.€™s outstanding $25 par common

6. The 20X4 net income amounts according to the separate books of Case and Frey were $890,000 (exclusive of equity in Frey€™s earnings) and $580,000, respectively.

Case Inc. acquired all Frey Inc.€™s outstanding $25 par common


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Case Inc. acquired all Frey Inc.€™s outstanding $25 par common


Required
Prepare a consolidated balance sheet worksheet for Case and its subsidiary, Frey, for December 31, 20X4. A formal consolidated balance sheet is notrequired.

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
Dividend
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Advanced Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0078025624

10th edition

Authors: Theodore E. Christensen, David M. Cottrell, Richard E. Baker

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