At the beginning of the current year, Disgust Company purchased 30,000 shares of an investee's 200,000 outstanding ordinary shares for P6,000,000. On that date, the carrying amount of the acquired shares was P4,000,000. The entity attributed the excess cost over carrying amount to the patent with remaining useful life of 10 years.. During the year, Disgust Company's officers gained a majority on the investee's board of directors. The investee reported earnings of P5,000,000 for the year and paid a dividend of P3,000,000 at year-end. Required: 1. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions for the current year. 2. Compute the investment income for the current year. 3. Compute the carrying amount of the investment at year-end.

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At the beginning of the current year, Disgust Company purchased 30,000 shares of an investee's 200,000 outstanding ordinary shares for P6,000,000. On that date, the carrying amount of the acquired shares was P4,000,000.

The entity attributed the excess cost over carrying amount to the patent with remaining useful life of 10 years..

During the year, Disgust Company's officers gained a majority on the investee's board of directors. The investee reported earnings of P5,000,000 for the year and paid a dividend of P3,000,000 at year-end.


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1. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions for the
current year.
2. Compute the investment income for the current year.
3. Compute the carrying amount of the investment at
year-end.

4. What is/are the rules for answering the problem. 

 

 

 

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