Big Company wants to acquire 25% of Little Company. Little Company has balance sheet assets of $500,000
Question:
Big Company wants to acquire 25% of Little Company. Little Company has balance sheet assets of $500,000 and liabilities of $300,000 for a net book value of $200,000. Big Company determines that Little Company has buildings that are undervalued by $120,000. Adding this to the net book value of $200,000, Big determines that the company is worth $320,000 and offers $80,000 (25% of $320,000) for a quarter share of the company.
Assume in the above example that Little Company has net income of $50,000 in the first year after Big Companys acquisition and pays $10,000 of dividends. The useful life of the building is 20 years. What If Big Company paid $80,000 for its 25% share of Little Company, the journal entries to record the investment during this year are?
Advanced Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0132928939
7th edition
Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, V. Umashanker Trivedi, Kenneth E. MacAulay