On January 1, 2016, Cayce Corporation acquired 100 percent of Simbel Company for consideration transferred with a fair value of

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On January 1, 2016, Cayce Corporation acquired 100 percent of Simbel Company for consideration transferred with a fair value of $126,000. Cayce is a U.S.-based company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, and Simbel is in Cairo, Egypt. Cayce accounts for its investment in Simbel under the initial value method. Any excess of fair value of consideration transferred over book value is attributable to undervalued land on Simbel's books. Simbel had no retained earnings at the date of acquisition. Following are the 2017 financial statements for the two operations. Information for Cayce and for Simbel is in U.S. dollars ($) and Egyptian pounds ($E), respectively.


On January 1, 2016, Cayce Corporation acquired 100 percent of

Additional Information ∙ During 2016, the first year of joint operation, Simbel reported income of $E 163,000 earned evenly throughout the year. Simbel declared a dividend of $E 30,000 to Cayce on June 1 of that year. Simbel also declared the 2017 dividend on June 1. ∙ On December 9, 2017, Simbel classified a $E 10,000 expenditure as a rent expense, although this payment related to prepayment of rent for the first few months of 2018. ∙ The exchange rates for 1 $E are as follows:

 

January 1, 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.300
June 1, 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …0.290
Weighted average rate for 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……0.288
December 31, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….0.280
June 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….0.275
October 1, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …...0.273
Weighted average rate for 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……..0.274
December 31, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….0.270


Translate Simbel’s 2017 financial statements into U.S. dollars and prepare a consolidation worksheet for Cayce and its Egyptian subsidiary. Assume that the Egyptian pound is the subsidiary’s functional currency.


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