BuyCo, Inc., holds 21 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 $11,100 per year. For 2020, Marqueen reported earnings of $111,000 and declares cash dividends of $29,000. During that year, Marqueen acquired inventory for $43,000, which it then sold to BuyCo for $86,000. At the end of 2020, BuyCo continued to hold merchandise with a transfer price of $29,000.   What Equity in Investee Income should BuyCo report for 2020? How will the intra-entity transfer affect BuyCo’s reporting in 2021? If BuyCo had sold the inventory to Marqueen, would the answers to (a) and (b) have changed?

Matthew, Inc. owns 30 percent of the outstanding stock of Lindman Company and has the ability to significantly influence the investee’s operations and decision making. On January 1, 2018, the balance in the Investment in Lindman account is $365,000. Amortization associated with this acquisition is $12,600 per year. In 2018, Lindman earns an income of $132,000 and declares cash dividends of $33,000. Previously, in 2017, Lindman had sold inventory costing $33,600 to Matthew for $56,000. Matthew consumed all but 20 percent of this merchandise during 2017 and used the rest during 2018. Lindman sold additional inventory costing $44,800 to Matthew for $80,000 in 2018. Matthew did not consume 40 percent of these 2018 purchases from Lindman until 2019.   What amount of equity method income would Matthew recognize in 2018 from its ownership interest in Lindman? What is the equity method balance in the Investment in Lindman account at the end of 2018?

P Company owns 90% of the outstanding capital stock of S Company. During 2019 and 2020 S Company sold merchandise to P Company at a markup of 25% of selling price. The selling price of the merchandise sold during the two years was $10,400 and $12,500, respectively. At the end of each year, P Company had in its inventory one- fourth of the goods purchased that year from S Company. S Company reported net income of $15,000 in 2019 and $17,500 in 2020. Required: Determine the amount of the noncontrolling interest in consolidated income to be reported for 2019 and 2020.

On July 1, 2019, Killearn Company acquired 105,000 of the outstanding shares of Shaun Company for $19 per share. This acquisition gave Killearn a 40 percent ownership of Shaun and allowed Killearn to significantly influence the investee’s decisions.   As of July 1, 2019, the investee had assets with a book value of $5 million and liabilities of $1,101,500. At the time, Shaun held equipment appraised at $280,000 more than book value; it was considered to have a seven-year remaining life with no salvage value. Shaun also held a copyright with a five-year remaining life on its books that was undervalued by $650,000. Any remaining excess cost was attributable to goodwill. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method. Killearn applies the equity method for its investment in Shaun.   Shaun's policy is to declare and pay a $1 per share cash dividend every April 1 and October 1. Shaun's income, earned evenly throughout each year, was $640,000 in 2019, $670,600 in…

Ruiz Company puchased 30 per cent of Sim Company’s outstanding common stock for $3,000,000 and uses the equity method of accounting. Sim Company reported net income of $ 640,000 for 2018. On 2018 December 31, Sim Company paid a cash dividend of $200,000. In 2019, Sim Company incurred a net loss of $ 65,000. Prepare entries to reflect these events on Ruiz Company’s books.

On January 1, 2021, Alamar Corporation acquired a 36 percent interest in Burks, Inc., for $198,000. On that date, Burks’s balance sheet disclosed net assets with both a fair and book value of $353,000. During 2021, Burks reported net income of $84,000 and declared and paid cash dividends of $24,000. Alamar sold inventory costing $27,000 to Burks during 2021 for $35,000. Burks used all of this merchandise in its operations during 2021.   Prepare all of Alamar’s 2021 journal entries to apply the equity method to this investment.  4. Record the collection of dividend from investee.

In January 2020, Domingo, Inc., acquired 20 percent of the outstanding common stock of Martes, Inc., for $846,000. This investment gave Domingo the ability to exercise significant influence over Martes, whose balance sheet on that date showed total assets of $4,428,000 with liabilities of $978,000. Any excess of cost over book value of the investment was attributed to a patent having a remaining useful life of 10 years.   In 2020, Martes reported net income of $221,000. In 2021, Martes reported net income of $266,000. Dividends of $94,000 were declared in each of these two years. What is the equity method balance of Domingo’s Investment in Martes, Inc., at December 31, 2021?

On January 1, 2024, Pine Company owns 40 percent (124,000 shares) of Seacrest, Incorporated, which it purchased several years ago for $700,600. Since the date of acquisition, the equity method has been properly applied, and the carrying amount of the investment account as of January 1, 2024, is $905,200. Excess patent cost amortization of $37,200 is still being recognized each year. During 2024, Seacrest reports net income of $846,000 and a $372,000 other comprehensive loss, both incurred uniformly throughout the year. No dividends were declared during the year. Pine sold 24,800 shares of Seacrest on August 1, 2024, for $236,528 in cash. However, Pine retains the ability to significantly influence the investee. During the last quarter of 2023, Pine sold $71,000 in inventory (which it had originally purchased for only $42,600) to Seacrest. At the end of that fiscal year, Seacrest's inventory retained $12,800 (at sales price) of this merchandise, which was subsequently sold in the first…

On August 1, 2023, Sandhill Corporation, which follows ASPE, purchased 20% of the outstanding voting shares in WLT Corporation for $1,220,000. At the time of purchase, WLT's net assets were undervalued by $70,000 and had a remaining useful life of 12 years. Both companies had a December 31 year-end. At the end of 2023, WLT reported a net income of $300,000. Also, on December 31, 2023, the fair value of the investment in WLT shares was $1,342,000. On January 10, 2024, WLT paid a cash dividend. Sandhill's ownership entitles it to $15,000 of the dividend. Prepare the journal entries on the books of Sandhill Corporation to record the transactions described above, assuming that the 20% interest in WLT does not represent significant influence, and that Sandhill elected to account for its investment following the fair value through net income (FV-NI) model. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Record journal entries in the order…

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