On January 1, 2013, Monica Company acquired 70 percent of Young Companys outstanding common stock for $665,000.

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On January 1, 2013, Monica Company acquired 70 percent of Young Company’s outstanding common stock for $665,000. The fair value of the noncontrolling interest at the acquisition date was $285,000. Young reported stockholders’ equity accounts on that date as follows:

Common stock—$10 par value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000

Additional paid-in capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,000

Retained earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410,000

In establishing the acquisition value, Monica appraised Young’s assets and ascertained that the accounting records undervalued a building (with a 5-year remaining life) by $50,000. Any remaining excess acquisition-date fair value was allocated to a franchise agreement to be amortized over 10 years.

During the subsequent years, Young sold Monica inventory at a 30 percent gross profit rate. Monica consistently resold this merchandise in the year of acquisition or in the period immediately following. Transfers for the three years after this business combination was created amounted to the following:


On January 1, 2013, Monica Company acquired 70 percent of


In addition, Monica sold Young several pieces of fully depreciated equipment on January 1, 2014, for $36,000. The equipment had originally cost Monica $50,000. Young plans to depreciate these assets over a 6-year period.
In 2015, Young earns a net income of $160,000 and declares and pays $50,000 in cash dividends. These figures increase the subsidiary’s Retained Earnings to a $740,000 balance at the end of 2015. During this same year, Monica reported dividend income of $35,000 and an investment account containing the initial value balance of $665,000. No changes in Young’s common stock accounts have occurred since Monica’s acquisition.
Prepare the 2015 consolidation worksheet entries for Monica and Young. In addition, compute the net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest for2015.

Common Stock
Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
Par Value
Par value is the face value of a bond. Par value is important for a bond or fixed-income instrument because it determines its maturity value as well as the dollar value of coupon payments. The market price of a bond may be above or below par,...
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Fundamentals of Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077862237

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Authors: Joe Ben Hoyle, Thomas Schaefer, Timothy Doupnik

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