On January 1, 2024, Pasture Company acquires 80% of Spring Company for $1,848,960 in cash consideration. Spring's stock is not actively traded, and therefore its total fair value must be implied. Spring's acquisition-date total book value was $1,836,000 The fair value of Spring's recorded assets and liabilities equaled their carrying amounts. However, Spring had two unrecorded assets- a trademark with an indefinite life and estimated fair value of $264,600 and licensing agreements estimated to be worth $194,400 with four-year remaining lives. Any remaining acquisition-date fair value in the Spring acquisition was considered goodwill. During 2024, Spring reported $185,760 net income and declared and paid dividends totaling $54,000. Also in 2024, Pasture reported $378,000 net income, but neither declared nor paid dividends. Required: a. What amount should Pasture assign to the 20 percent noncontrolling interest of Spring at the acquisition date? b. How much of 2024 consolidated net income should be allocated to the noncontrolling interest? c. What amount of 2024 dividends should be allocated to the noncontrolling interest? d. What amount of noncontrolling interest should appear in the owners' equity section of Pasture's consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2024?

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