Question: PLEASE USE EXCEL AND SHOW YOUR WORK :) #20 and #21 20. BuyCo, Inc., holds 25 percent of the outstanding shares of Marqueen Company and
20. BuyCo, Inc., holds 25 percent of the outstanding shares of Marqueen Company and appropriately applies the equity method of accounting. Excess cost amortization (related to a patent) associated with this investment amounts to $10,000 per year. For 2023, Marqueen reported earnings of $100,000 and declares cash dividends of $30,000. During that year, Marqueen acquired inventory for $50,000, which it then sold to BuyCo for $80,000. At the end of 2023 , BuyCo continued to hold merchandise with a transfer price of $32,000. a. What Equity in Investee Income should BuyCo report for 2023? b. How will the intra-entity transfer affect BuyCo's reporting in 2024? c. If BuyCo had sold the inventory to Marqueen, how would the answers to parts (a) and (b) have changed? 21. On January 1, 2022, Halstead, Inc., purchased 75,000 shares of Sedgwick Company common stock for $1,480,000, giving Halstead 25 percent ownership and the ability to apply significant influence over Sedgwick. Any excess of cost over book value acquired was attributed solely to goodwill. Sedgwick reports net income and dividends as follows. These amounts are assumed to have occurred evenly throughout these years. Dividends are declared and paid in the same period. On July 1, 2024, Halstead sells 12,000 shares of this investment for $25 per share, thus reducing its interest from 25 to 21 percent, but maintaining its significant influence. Determine the amounts that would appear on Halstead's 2024 income statement relating to its ownership and partial sale of its investment in Sedgwick's common stock
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