The following are selected accounts and balances for Mergaronite Company and Hill, Inc., as of December 31, 2021.  Several of Mergaronite’s accounts have omitted.  Credit balances are indicated by parentheses.  Dividends were declared and paid in the same period.                                                                   Mergaronite      Hill Revenues                                            $-600,000             $-250,000 Cost of Goods Sold                            280, 000             100,000 Depreciation expense                       120,000             50,000 Investment income                            Not Given        N/A        Retained earnings, 1/1/21            -900,000               -600,000 Dividends declared                          130,000                 40,000 Current assets                                   200,000                 690,000 Land                                                      300,000                 90,000 Buildings (Net)                                  500,000                 140,000 Equipment (Net)                              200,000                 250,000 Liabilities                                              -400,000               -310,000 Common Stock                                  -300,000               -40,000 Additional paid-in capital              -50,000                 -160,000   Assume that Mergaronite acquired Hill on January 1, 2017, by issuing 7,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $10 per share but a fair value of $100 each.  On January 1, 2017, Hills’ land was undervalued by $20,000, its buildings were overvalued by $30,000, and equipment was undervalued by $60,000.  The buildings had a 10-year remaining life; the equipment had a 5-year remaining life.  A customer list with an appraised value of $100,00 was developed internally by Hill and was estimated to have a 20-year remaining useful life. Determine the December 31, 2001 consolidated totals for the accounts given. In requirement (a), can the consolidated totals be determined without knowing which method the parent used to account for the subsidiary? If the parent uses the equity method, what consolidation entries would be used on a 2021 worksheet? Determine the December 31, 2021, consolidated totals for the following accounts: (In put all amounts as positive values)   Using: Revenues                            85,000 Cost of goods sold            380,000 Depreciation expense    170,000 Amortization expense   5,000 Buildings                              640,000 Equipment                          450,000 Customer List                     100,000 Common Stock                  300,000 Additional paid-in capital

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The following are selected accounts and balances for Mergaronite Company and Hill, Inc., as of December 31, 2021.  Several of Mergaronite’s accounts have omitted.  Credit balances are indicated by parentheses.  Dividends were declared and paid in the same period.

 

                                                                Mergaronite      Hill

Revenues                                            $-600,000             $-250,000

Cost of Goods Sold                            280, 000             100,000

Depreciation expense                       120,000             50,000

Investment income                            Not Given        N/A       

Retained earnings, 1/1/21            -900,000               -600,000

Dividends declared                          130,000                 40,000

Current assets                                   200,000                 690,000

Land                                                      300,000                 90,000

Buildings (Net)                                  500,000                 140,000

Equipment (Net)                              200,000                 250,000

Liabilities                                              -400,000               -310,000

Common Stock                                  -300,000               -40,000

Additional paid-in capital              -50,000                 -160,000

 

Assume that Mergaronite acquired Hill on January 1, 2017, by issuing 7,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $10 per share but a fair value of $100 each.  On January 1, 2017, Hills’ land was undervalued by $20,000, its buildings were overvalued by $30,000, and equipment was undervalued by $60,000.  The buildings had a 10-year remaining life; the equipment had a 5-year remaining life.  A customer list with an appraised value of $100,00 was developed internally by Hill and was estimated to have a 20-year remaining useful life.

  1. Determine the December 31, 2001 consolidated totals for the accounts given.
  2. In requirement (a), can the consolidated totals be determined without knowing which method the parent used to account for the subsidiary?
  3. If the parent uses the equity method, what consolidation entries would be used on a 2021 worksheet?
  4. Determine the December 31, 2021, consolidated totals for the following accounts: (In put all amounts as positive values)

 

Using:

Revenues                            85,000

Cost of goods sold            380,000

Depreciation expense    170,000

Amortization expense   5,000

Buildings                              640,000

Equipment                          450,000

Customer List                     100,000

Common Stock                  300,000

Additional paid-in capital

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