Advanced Financial Accounting
Advanced Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259916977
Author: Christensen, Theodore E., COTTRELL, David M., Budd, Cassy
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.11.1E
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Introduction: Consolidation is the merger or acquisition of small companies into a single large one. In financial accounting, consolidation means an aggregation of financial statements of a group company/different entities and reported at a group level.

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N3. Preparing the [I] consolidation entries for sale of land Assume that during 2015 a wholly owned subsidiary sells land that originally cost $540,000 to its parent for a sale price of $600,000. The parent holds the land until it sells the land to an unaffiliated company on December 31, 2019. The parent uses the equity method of pre-consolidation bookkeeping.
Assume that in the first step of the reorganization, Auto Corp. will exchange $6,071,963 worth of Auto Corp. stock plus land with a fair market value of $2,276,714 for all of Battery Corp.'s assets. Auto Corp's land had a basis of $5,761 prior to the exchange. Battery Corp.'s assets had a basis of $1,296,616 prior to the exchange. Assume that in the second step of the reorganization, Battery Corp. will distribute the $6,071,963 in Auto Corp. stock plus the land that it just acquired from Auto Corp. to Battery Corp.'s sole shareholder, Sydney, in exchange for all of Sydney's shares of Battery Corp. stock. Prior to the exchange, Sydney's basis in her shares of Battery Corp. stock was $3,863,473. After the exchange, Sydney will now be a shareholder of Auto Corp. instead of Battery Corp. What amount of gain/loss will Battery Corp. recognize as a result of the reorganization?
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