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On January 1,2022, Cullumber Corp. bought 31,000 shares of the available 100,000 common shares of Iceberg Inc., a publicly traded
firm. This acquisition provided Cullumber with significant influence. Cullumber paid $719,000 cash for the investment. At the time of
the acquisition, Iceberg reported assets of $2,507,000 and liabilities of $1,215,000. Asset values reflected fair market value, except
for capital assets that had a net book value of $502,000 and a fair market value of $747,000. These assets had a remaining useful life
of five years. For 2022 Iceberg reported net income of $409,000 and paid total cash dividends of $100,000.
On May 16,2023, Cullumber sold 15,500 of its shares in Iceberg for $425,000. Cullumber has no immediate plans to sell its remaining
investment in Iceberg.
Iceberg is actively traded, and stock price information follows:
January 1,2022
$29
December 31,2022$31
January 1,2023
$32
Assuming Cullumber is using the equity method under ASPE, did the initial investment include a payment for goodwill?
Payment for goodwill $
At the end of 2022, what would appear on the income statement and balance sheet of Cullumber in connection with its
investment in lceberg?
Investment income on income statement $
Investment account on balance sheet
$
Provide the entry to account for Cullumber's sale of the shares in May 2023.(Credit account titles are automatically indented when
the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.
List debit entry before credit entry.)
Account Titles
Debit
Credit
How should Cullumber account for its remaining investment in lceberg?
Under ASPE, Cullumber can choose the
for its remaining
investment in Iceberg.
 On January 1,2022, Cullumber Corp. bought 31,000 shares of the available

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