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On January 1, 2012, Aronsen Company acquired 75 percent of Siedel Company\'s out

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Question

On January 1, 2012, Aronsen Company acquired 75 percent of Siedel Company's outstanding shares. Siedel had a net book value on that date of $520,000: common stock ($10 par value) of $280,000 and retained earnings of $240,000. Aronsen paid $450,000 for this investment. The acquisition-date fair value of the 25 percent noncontrolling interest was $150,000. The excess fair value over book value associated with the acquisition was used to increase land by $38,000 and to recognize copyrights (14-year remaining life) at $42,000. Subsequent to the acquisition, Aronsen applied the initial value method to its investment account. In the 2012-2013 period, the subsidiary's retained earnings increased by $160,000. During 2014, Siedel earned income of $86,000 while declaring $26,000 in dividends. Also, at the beginning of 2014, Siedel issued 2,000 new shares of common stock for $51 per share to finance the expansiolülbf its corporate facilities. Aronsen purchased none of these additional shares and therefore recorded no entry Prepare the appropriate 2014 consolidation entries for these two companies. (If no entry is required for a transactionlevent, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) Transaction Consolidating Entries Debit Credit (1) Prepare entry "C (2) Prepare entry C1 (3) Prepare entry S

Explanation / Answer

Aronsen acquires 21,0000 shares (or 75%) of Siedel's outstanding shares (the total number of shares can be determined by dividing the subsidiary's common stock account by the $10 per share par value). After issuing 2,000 additional shares, the parent must prepare an adjustment to reflect the change in its share of the subsidiary’s unamortized acquisition-date fair value. Because that entry has not been recorded, it is included on the consolidation worksheet as Entry C1.

      Excess Acquisition-Date Fair Value Allocation and Amortization

      Fair value (consideration transferred plus NCI fair value) ............       $600,000

      Acquisition-date book value..................................................................        (450,000)

      Fair value in excess of book value ......................................................       $150,000

      Allocated to land based on fair value..................................................           38,000

      Allocated to copyrights based on fair value......................................     $ 112,000

      Life of copyrights .....................................................................................            14 yrs

      Annual amortization ................................................................................       $    8,000

     

      Adjustment for Stock Transaction

      Adjusted acquisition-date fair value of subsidiary

            on new issue date ($600,000 + $120,000 + $102,000) ...............       $822,000

      Adjusted parent ownership (21,000 shares ÷ 30,000 shares) ......              70%

            Parent’s post-issue equity method value ...................................       $575,400

      Equity method balance before new subsidiary stock issue

            Consideration transferred................................................     450,000

            Increase in book value (75% × $160,000).....................     120,000

            Copyright amortization ($8,000 × 2 years × 75%).......      (12,000)   558,000

      Required increase (Entry C1) ...............................................................      $   17,400

Consolidation worksheet entries:

Entry *C

      Investment in Siedel ........................................................           108,000

            Retained Earnings, 1/1/14 (Aronsen) ....................                                   108,000

      (To convert 1/1/14 balance to full accrual [$160,000 less

      two year’s amortization expense $8,000 × 2] × 75%)

Entry C1

      Investment in Siedel ........................................................             17,400

            Additional Paid-In Capital (Aronsen) .....................                                     17,400

      (To record adjustment for subsidiary stock

      transaction; computation shown above.)

Entry S

      Common Stock (Siedel) .................................................           300,000

      Additional Paid-In Capital (Siedel) ...............................             82,000

      Retained Earnings, 1/1/14 (Siedel) ...............................           400,000

            Investment in Siedel (70%) ......................................                                   547,400

            Noncontrolling Interest in Siedel, 1/1/14 (30%)....                                   234,600

      (To eliminate subsidiary stockholders' equity accounts

      against Investment account and to recognize noncontrolling

      interest. Stockholders’ equity balances have been adjusted

      for increase in book value during 2012–2013 and the issuance

      by the subsidiary of 2,000 shares of stock on 1/1/14.)

Entry A

      Land ...................................................................................             38,000

      Copyrights .........................................................................             26,000

            Investment in Siedel (70%).......................................                                     44,800

            Noncontrolling Interest (30%) .................................                                     19,200

      (To recognize acquisition price allocated to land and

      copyrights. Copyrights balance has been reduced for

      2012–2013 amortization to arrive at 1/1/14 balance.

      NCI now reflects 30% of the unamortized 1/1/14 balance.)

Entry I

      Dividend Income ..............................................................             18,200

            Dividends Declared ...................................................                                     18,200

      (To eliminate intra-entity dividends recorded by

      parent as income [70% × $26,000].)

Entry E

      Amortization Expense ....................................................               8,000

            Copyrights....................................................................                                       8,000

            (To recognize current year amortization.)

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