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Transcribed Image Text:Accounting for Equity Investments (Basic)
Assume an investor purchases all of the stock of the investee (and, thus, its business) in a stock purchase for $2,250. The reported book values of the investee's net assets equal their fair values. The investee's balance sheet on the date of purchase is as follows:
Accounts receivable $225 Mortgage payable
$225
Inventories
450
Building
Total assets
Now, assume, subsequent to the purchase, the investee reports net income of $450 and pays $135 in dividends to the investor.
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1800 Stockholders' equity
2250
$2,475 Total liabilities and equity $2,475
a. At what amount will the investee's Stockholders' Equity be reported after income and dividends have been closed to Retained Earnings (assume no other changes to Stockholders' Equity)?
$
b. Provide the following journal entries:
1. Record the recognition of Equity Income by the investor.
2. Record the receipt of the $135 dividend.
1.
2.
(to record equity income.)
(to record the receipt of dividends.)
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c. At what amount is the Equity Investment reported on the investor's balance sheet?
$
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