Miller Taylor Company Company Common stock Additional paid-in capital. Retained earnings, 12/31/18 $500,000 280,000 620,000 $300,000 90,000 425,000 Year Net Income Dividends $ 70,000 2016 2017 2018 $10,000 15,000 100,000 20,000
Miller Company acquired an 80 percent interest in Taylor Company on January 1, 2016. Miller paid $664,000 in cash to the owners of Taylor to acquire these shares. In addition, the remaining 20 percent of Taylor shares continued to trade at a total value of $166,000 both before and after Miller’s acquisition.
On January 1, 2016, Taylor reported a book value of $600,000 (Common Stock = $300,000; Additional Paid-In Capital = $90,000;
During the next three years, Taylor reports income and declares dividends as follows:
Determine the appropriate answers for each of the following questions:
a. What amount of excess
b. If a consolidated
c. If a consolidation worksheet is prepared as of January 1, 2016, what Entry S and Entry A should be included?
d. On the separate financial records of the parent company, what amount of investment income would be reported for 2016 under each of the following accounting methods?
• The equity method.
• The partial equity method.
• The initial value method.
e. On the parent company’s separate financial records, what would be the December 31, 2018, balance for the Investment in Taylor Company account under each of the following accounting methods?
• The equity method.
• The partial equity method.
• The initial value method.
f. As of December 31, 2017, Miller’s Buildings account on its separate records has a balance of $800,000 and Taylor has a similar account with a $300,000 balance. What is the consolidated balance for the Buildings account?
g. What is the balance of consolidated goodwill as of December 31, 2018?
h. Assume that the parent company has been applying the equity method to this investment. On December 31, 2018, the separate financial statements for the two companies present the following information:
What will be the consolidated balance of each of these accounts?
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