Benjamin Ltd owns all of the issued share capital of Franklin Ltd.

The following transactions occurred during the financial year ending 30^th June 2022.

On 15^th January 2022 Benjamin Ltd purchased inventory from Franklin Ltd for $52,800 which gave Franklin Ltd a pre-tax profit of $15,840. Benjamin Ltd sold one quarter of the inventory to external parties for $16,500 and the remainder were sold back to Franklin Ltd for $71,500 on account.

On 1^st February 2021 Benjamin Ltd sold equipment, which had cost Benjamin Ltd $374,000 with an accumulated depreciation balance at the time of sale of $44,000, to Franklin Ltd for $352,000. Franklin Ltd applies a 10% straight line depreciation rate to equipment. On 30^th June 2022 Franklin Ltd sold the equipment to Jefferson Ltd for $220,000.

Benjamin Ltd, owns a car dealership and sold a car on 1^st July 2021 to Franklin Ltd which Franklin Ltd classified as a motor vehicle. The sale price was $44,000 with a cost of sales of $22,000. Franklin depreciates motor vehicles at 20% on a straight-line basis.

Franklin Ltd purchased a new production facility on 1^st September 2021 for $1,600,000. The factory equipment required calibrating and staff training to enable them to operate it. To facilitate this Benjamin Ltd provided management staff to oversee the calibration and training at a cost to Benjamin Ltd of $22,000 for which they billed Franklin Ltd $110,000. This latter cost Franklin Ltd treated as part of the cost of installation and added it to the cost of the facility. Franklin Ltd depreciates the facility on a reducing balance basis at a yearly rate of 30%.

Required

Prepare the adjusting consolidation worksheet journal entries for the year ended 30^th June 2022 to eliminate the intragroup transactions.

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