On January 1, 2023, Stream Company acquired 30 percent of the outstanding voting shares of Q-Video, Incorporated, for $720,000. Q-Video manufactures specialty cables for computer monitors. On that date, Q-Video reported assets and liabilities with book values of $1.8 million and $772,000, respectively. A customer list compiled by Q-Video had an appraised value of $298,000, although it was not recorded on its books. The expected remaining life of the customer list was twenty five years with straight-line amortization deemed appropriate. Any remaining excess cost was not identifiable with any particular asset and thus was considered goodwill.
On January 1, 2023, Stream Company acquired 30 percent of the outstanding voting shares of Q-Video, Incorporated, for $720,000. Q-Video manufactures specialty cables for computer monitors. On that date, Q-Video reported assets and liabilities with book values of $1.8 million and $772,000, respectively. A customer list compiled by Q-Video had an appraised value of $298,000, although it was not recorded on its books. The expected remaining life of the customer list was twenty five years with straight-line amortization deemed appropriate. Any remaining excess cost was not identifiable with any particular asset and thus was considered
Q-Video generated net income of $370,000 in 2023 and a net loss of $116,000 in 2024. In each of these two years, Q-Video declared and paid a cash dividend of $18,000 to its stockholders.
During 2023, Q-Video sold inventory that had an original cost of $100,040 to Stream for $164,000. Of this balance, $82,000 was resold to outsiders during 2023, and the remainder was sold during 2024. In 2024, Q-Video sold inventory to Stream for $180,000. This inventory had cost only $144,000. Stream resold $90,000 of the inventory during 2024 and the rest during 2025.
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For 2023 and then for 2024, compute the amount that Stream should report as income from its investment in Q-Video in its external financial statements under the equity method.
Note: Enter your answers in whole dollars and not in millions.
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