Peanut Company acquired 90 percent of Snoopy Company's outstanding common stock for $317,700 on January 1, 20X8, when the book value of Snoopy's net assets was equal to $353,000. Peanut uses the equity method to account for investments. Trial balance data for Peanut and Snoopy as of December 31, 20X8, follow: Cash Accounts Receivable. Inventory Investment in Snoopy Company Land Buildings and Equipment. Cost of Goods Sold Depreciation Expense Selling & Administrative Expense Dividends Declared Accumulated Depreciation Accounts Payable Bonds Payable Common Stock Retained Earnings Sales Income from Snoopy Company Total Peanut Company Debit $ 171,000 170,000 220,000 360,000 206,000 717,000 191,000 48,000 210,000 96,000 $ 2,389,000 Credit $ 435,000 60,000 187,000 480,000 360,100 794,000 72,900 $ 2,389,000 Snoopy Company Debit $ 90,000 69,000 89,000 89,000 192,000 105,000 8,000 48,000 34,000 $724,000 Credit $ 16,000 45,000 68,000 181,000 172,000 242,000 0 $724,000 Required: a. Prepare any equity method entry(ies) related to the investment in Snoopy Company during 20X8. Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.

Following are preacquisition financial balances for Padre Company and Sol Company as of December 31. Also included are fair values for Sol Company accounts. Cash Receivables Inventory Land Building and equipment (net) Franchise agreements Accounts payable Accrued expenses Longterm liabilities Common stock-$20 par value Common stock-$5 par value Additional paid-in capital Retained earnings, 1/1 Revenues Expenses Inventory Land Accounts Buildings and equipment Franchise agreements Goodwill Revenues Additional paid-in capital $ Expenses Retained earnings, 1/1 Retained earnings, 12/31 Padre Company Amounts Sol Company Book Values Book Values Fair Values 12/31 12/31 84, 100 392,000 249,000 200,000 237,000 Note: Parentheses indicate a credit balance. On December 31, Padre acquires Sol's outstanding stock by paying $349,000 in cash and issuing 11,400 shares of its own common stock with a fair value of $40 per share. Padre paid legal and accounting fees of $23,400 as well as $12,800 in stock…

Sandhill Corporation purchased for $288,000 a 25% interest in Murphy, Inc. This investment enables Sandhill to exert significant influence over Murphy. During the year, Murphy earned net income of $173,000 and paid dividends of $54,000. Prepare Sandhill's journal entries related to this investment. (List all debit entries before credit entries. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.)

Acme Company owns 35% of Superior Company. Superior Company declared and paid $44,000 cash dividends for the year. Acme Company's journal entry to record the dividends includes a: Ocredit to the Investment account for $44.000. credit to Dividend Revenue for $15.400. credit to the Investment account for $15,400. credit to Dividend Revenue for $44,000. None of the above. C