Fizer Pharmaceutical paid $68 million on January 2, 2016, for 4 million shares of Carne Cosmetics common stock. The investment represents a 25% interest in the net assets of Carne and gave Fizer the ability to exercise significant influence over Carne’s operations. Fizer received dividends of $1 per share on December 21, 2016, and Carne reported net income of $40 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The fair value of Carne’s common stock at December 31, 2016, was $18.50 per share. • The book value of Carne’s net assets was $192 million. • The fair value of Carne’s depreciable assets exceeded their book value by $32 million. These assets had an average remaining useful life of eight years. • The remainder of the excess of the cost of the investment over the book value of net assets purchased was attributable to goodwill. Required: Prepare all appropriate journal entries related to the investment during 2016.

On January 1, 2023, Payne Company bought a 15 percent interest in Scout Company. The acquisition price of $225,500 reflected an assessment that all of Scout’s accounts were fairly valued within the company’s accounting records. During 2023, Scout reported net income of $121,900 and declared cash dividends of $36,200. Payne possessed the ability to significantly influence Scout’s operations and, therefore, accounted for  this investment using the equity method. On January 1, 2024, Payne acquired an additional 80 percent interest in Scout and provided the following fair-value assessments of Scout’s ownership components: Consideration transferred by Payne for 80% interest $ 1,454,400 Fair value of Payne's 15% previous ownership 272,700 Noncontrolling interest's 5% fair value 90,900 Total acquisition-date fair value for Scout Company $ 1,818,000 Also, as of January 1, 2024, Payne assessed a $435,000 value to an unrecorded database internally developed by Scout. The database is…

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 2017, 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 2017, BuyCo continued to hold merchandise with a transfer price of $32,000.a. What Equity in Investee Income should BuyCo report for 2017?b. How will the intra-entity transfer affect BuyCo’s reporting in 2018?c. If BuyCo had sold the inventory to Marqueen, how would the answers to (a) and (b) have changed?

Tamarisk Inc., a public company, owns 20% of Dong Ltd's common shares for strategic purposes. The investment's carrying amount at January 1, 2024, is $299,000. During the year, Dong reported profit of $255,400 and paid a dividend of $22,400. The investment's fair value on December 31, 2024, Tamarisk's year end, is $316,100. (a) Assuming Tamarisk has significant influence over Dong, indicate the amount reported on the balance sheet for the investment at December 31 and the amount of income from this investment reported in the income statement. Balance Sheet: Income Statement: eTextbook and Media $ Equity Method