(Note: This is the same problem as Problem 8-3, but assuming use of the complete or the...
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(Note: This is the same problem as Problem 8-3, but assuming use of the complete or the partial equity method.) The accounts of Pyle Company and its subsidiary, Stern Company, are summarized below as of December 31, 2011:
Pyle Company made the following open-market purchase and sale of Stern Company common stock: January 2, 2009, purchased 51,000 shares, cost $510,000; April 1, 2011, sold 3,000 shares, proceeds, $100,000. The book value of Stern Company’s net assets on January 2, 2009, $600,000 (including retained earnings of $120,000), approximated the fair value of those net assets. Subsequent changes in book value of the net assets are attributable to earnings of Stern Company. Stern Company earns its income evenly throughout the year.
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Prepare a consolidated financial statements workpaper as of December 31, 2011. Begin the income statement section of the workpaper with “Income before Equity in Subsidiary Income and Gain on Sale of Investment,†which is $172,000 and $186,000 for Pyle Company and Stern Company,respectively.
Financial statements are the standardized formats to present the financial information related to a business or an organization for its users. Financial statements contain the historical information as well as current period’s financial...
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