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On January 1, 2018, Puget Sound Corporation bought 100% of the stock of Spokane

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Question

On January 1, 2018, Puget Sound Corporation bought 100% of the stock of Spokane Corporation. Puget Sound purchased it by issuing 500,000 additional shares of their $5 par value stock, which at the time was worth $20 per share. Puget Sound also paid for it in part by paying $300,000.

Other pertinent information:

Stockholder’s equity of Spokane at acquisition was $7,200,000.

Fair value of previously unrecorded identifiable intangibles (5-year life): $2,000,000.

Goodwill and identifiable intangibles are not impaired in 2018

Spokane’s net income in 2018: $3,000,000.

Spokane’s dividends paid in 2018: $1,000,000.

On December 31, 2018, Puget Sound owed Spokane $16,000, and Spokane owed Puget Sound $22,000.

Puget Sound's CEO fired Spokane's CEO on June 1, 2018.

Spokane introduced a new product on August 31, 2018.

Puget Sound uses the complete equity method to record its investment in Spokane.

By December 31, 2018, the fair market value of identifiable intangibles on Spokane’s books was worth $3,000,000.

The following is the trial balance data for Puget Sound and Spokane on December 31, 2018:

                                                            Puget Sound                            Spokane

Cash                                                 $ 290,000,000                        $ 10,000,00

Accounts Receivable                            410,000,000                           30,000,000

Inventory                                              250,000,000                              5,000,000

Land                                                   300,000,000                              7,000,000

Buildings & Equipment-Net             1,100,000,000                           33,000,000

Identifiable Intangible Assets                     100,000                                             0

Investment in Spokane                           11,900,000                            -----------

Cost of Goods Sold                            750,000,000                           22,000,000

Depreciation Expense                             90,000,000                           40,000,000

Amortization Expense                             10,000,000                                          0

Other Expenses                                      20,200,000                              1,000,000

Dividends Declared                              100,000,000                               1,000,000

Accounts Payable                                  400,000,000                             10,000,000

Long-Term Liabilities                           899,600,000                            65,800,000

Common Stock                                     800,000,000                               7,000,000

Additional Paid in Capital                        70,000,000                                150,000

Retained Earnings, Jan. 1, 2018            250,000,000                                    50,000

Sales                                                     910,000,000                             66,000,000

Equity in Income from Spokane               2,600,000                              ----------

                                                                        $0                                            $0

Required:

Prepare the journal entries for Puget Sound regarding its investment in Spokane during 2018.

Explanation / Answer

Journal entries for Puget Sound regarding its investment in Spokane during 2018 General Journal Debit Credit Investment in Spokane 10300000         Common Stock 2500000         Additional Paid in Capital 7500000         Cash 300000 (To record investment in Spokane) Dividend received $1,000,000        Investment in Spokane $1,000,000 (To record dividend received from Spokane) Amortization expenses $400,000        Equity in Income of Spokane $400,000 (To record amortization of intangibles over 5years) Investment in Spokane 3000000       Equity in Income of Spokane $3,000,000 (To record income from subsidiary) Common stock $7,200,000 Intangibles $3,000,000 Goodwill $100,000        Investment in Spokane $10,300,000 (To eliminate Common stock of Spokane and record intangibles and Goodwill in Puget Sound and to eliminate Investment in Spokane on consolidation) Accounts payable $6,000     Accounts receivable $6,000 (To eliminate the net amount Spokane owed to Puget)

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