On January 1, 2012, Picante Corporation acquired 100 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Salsa Corporation

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On January 1, 2012, Picante Corporation acquired 100 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Salsa Corporation for $1,765,000 cash. On the acquisition date, Salsa had the following balance sheet:

On January 1, 2012, Picante Corporation acquired 100 percent of

At the acquisition date, the following allocation was prepared:

On January 1, 2012, Picante Corporation acquired 100 percent of



Although at acquisition date Picante had expected $44,000 in future benefits from Salsa's in-process research and development project, by the end of 2012, it was apparent that the research project was a failure with no future economic benefits.
On December 31, 2013, Picante and Salsa submitted the following trial balances for consolidation:

On January 1, 2012, Picante Corporation acquired 100 percent of

a. Show how Picante derived its December 31, 2013, Investment in Salsa account balance.
b. Prepare a consolidated worksheet for Picante and Salsa as of December 31, 2013.

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Fundamentals of Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077667061

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Authors: Joe Ben Hoyle, Thomas Schaefer, Timothy Doupnik

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