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The individual financial statements for Gibson Company and Keller Company for th

ID: 2466039 • Letter: T

Question

The individual financial statements for Gibson Company and Keller Company for the year ending December 31, 2011, follow. Gibson acquired a 60 percent interest in Keller on January 1, 2010, in exchange for various considerations totalling $570,000. At the acquisition date, the fair value of the noncontrolling interest was $380,000 and Keller’s book value was $850,000. Keller had developed internally a customer list that was not recorded on its books but had an acquisition-date fair value of $100,000. This intangible asset is being amortized over 20 years.

Gibson sold Keller land with a book value of $60,000 on January 2, 2010, for $100,000. Keller still holds this land at the end of the current year.

Keller regularly transfers inventory to Gibson. In 2010, it shipped inventory costing $100,000 to Gibson at a price of $150,000. During 2011, intra-entity shipments totalled $200,000, although the original cost to Keller was only $140,000. In each of these years, 20 percent of the merchandise was not resold to outside parties until the period following the transfer. Gibson owes Keller $40,000 at the end of 2011.

                                                                                      Gibson            Keller

                                                                                      Company         Company

Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (800,000)           $ (500,000)

Cost of goods sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000                300,000

Operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000               60,000

Income of Keller Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (84,000)                –0–

Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (284,000)                $ (140,000)

Retained earnings, 1/1/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(1,116,000)         $ (620,000)

Net income (above) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (284,000)                (140,000)

Dividends paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,000                   60,000

Retained earnings, 12/31/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(1,285,000)              $ (700,000)

Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 177,000                   $ 90,000

Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,000                    410,000

Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440,000                      320,000

Investment in Keller Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726,000                     –0–

Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,000                    390,000

Buildings and equipment (net) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496,000                     300,000

Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,375,000                   $ 1,510,000

Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (480,000)                  $ (400,000)

Common stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (610,000)                    (320,000)

Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . –0–                              (90,000)

Retained earnings, 12/31/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,285,000)                (700,000)

Total liabilities and equities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(2,375,000)                 $(1,510,000)

How would the consolidation entries in requirement (a) have differed if Gibson had sold a building with a $60,000 book value (cost of $140,000) to Keller for $100,000 instead of land, as the problem reports? Assume that the building had a 10-year remaining life at the date of transfer.

Explanation / Answer

Entry 1

Retained Earnings, 1/1/10 (Gibson)      36,000

Buildings                                                     40,000

Accumulated Depreciation                                  76,000

To eliminate unrealized gain ($40,000 original amount less one year of excess depreciation at $4,000 per year) as of beginning of year. Entry also returns Buildings account to historical cost (from $100,000 to $140,000) and Accumulated Depreciation account to historical cost (original $80,000 less one year of excess depreciation at $4,000). Because the Buildings account is shown at net value in the information given in this problem, the above entry would probably be made as follows:

Entry 2 (Alternative)

Retained Earnings, 1/1/10 (Gibson) 36,000

Buildings (net )                                                       36,000

Entry 3

  Accumulated Depreciation                    4,000

Operating (or Depreciation) Expense                 4,000

To remove excess depreciation for current year created by transfer price. Excess depreciation for each year would be $4,000 based on allocating the $60,000 historical cost book value over 10 years ($6,000 per year) rather than the $100,000 transfer price ($10,000 per year).