On January 1, 2018, Spark Corp. acquired a 40% interest in Cranston Inc. for $250,000. On that date, Cranston’s balance sheet disclosed net assets of $430,000. During 2018, Cranston reported net income of $100,000 and paid cash dividends of $30,000. Spark sold inventory costing $40,000 to Cranston during 2018 for $50,000. Cranston used all of this merchandise in its operations during 2018. Any excess cost over fair value is attributable to an unamortized trademark with a 20-year remaining life. Prepare all of spark's journal entries for 2018 to apply the equity method to this investmen
On January 1, 2018, Spark Corp. acquired a 40% interest in Cranston Inc. for $250,000. On that date, Cranston’s balance sheet disclosed net assets of $430,000. During 2018, Cranston reported net income of $100,000 and paid cash dividends of $30,000. Spark sold inventory costing $40,000 to Cranston during 2018 for $50,000. Cranston used all of this merchandise in its operations during 2018. Any excess cost over fair value is attributable to an unamortized trademark with a 20-year remaining life.
Prepare all of spark's
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To record initial investment:
Dr Equity Investment 250,000 Cr Cash 250,000
To record investee income:
Dr Equity Investment 40, 000 Cr Equty Income
To record Dividends
Dr Cash 12, 000 Cr Equity Investment 12,000
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