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Parent company (P Co) paid $180,000 to acquire 60% interest in Subsidiary (S Co) when the share capital of S was $110,000 and its retained earnings was $100,000. At the date of acquisition (January 1 2015), the excess of fair value over book values of S Co were $50,000, which were caused by an undervalued fixed asset. The undervalued fixed asset had a useful life 10 years from date of acquisition. The fair value of non-controlling interests as at the date of acquisition was $114,000. On December 31 2019, retained earnings of S was $210,000 and share capital remain unchanged since acquisition date. Tax rate is 20%. The balance of non-controlling interests on December 31 2019 is:

Select one:

a. $144,000

b. $150,000

c. $128,000

d. $136,000

Parent company (P Co) paid $180,000 to acquire 60% interest in Subsidiary (S Co) when the share capital of S was $110,000 and its retained earnings was $100,000. At the date of acquisition (January 1 2015), the excess of fair value over book values of S Co were $50,000, which were caused by an undervalued fixed asset. The fair value of non-controlling interests as at the date of acquisition was $114,000. On December 31 2019, retained earnings of S was $210,000 and share capital remain unchanged since acquisition date. Tax rate is 20%. On acquisition date, the amount of goodwill based on entity theory is:

Select one:

a. $30,000

b. $14,000

c. $34,000

d. $44,000

P Co completed the purchase of 55% of X Co from A Co, the existing owner of X Co. The following expenditures by P Co relation to the acquisition:

Payment to consultants to conduct due diligence checks

$250,000

Shares issued by P Co to A Co

4,800,000

Fair value per share of P Co at date of share issue

$1.80

Salary of Business Development Manager of P Co for June 20x5

$24,000

Travelling expenses incurred by the Manager related to the acquisition of X Co

$13,000

Undiscounted cash payment payable to A Co at the end of 3 years

$800,000

Interest payable to A Co for deferred payment

5%

Assumption of the short-term liabilities of the A Co

$180,000

Legal fees to execute sales agreement with A Co

$28,000

Stamp duties and other incidentals of share issue to A Co

$9,000

The consideration transferred for the acquisition of X Co is:

Select one:

a. $9,620,000

b. 8,640,000

c. $9,511,070

d. $9,331,070

Parent Co. owns 80% of Subsidiary Co.s common stock. During 2019, Parent sold inventory to Subsidiary for $250,000. The original cost of inventory was $200,000. Subsidiary sold all the inventory purchased from Parent to third parties in 2019. The following data pertain to sales by each company for the year:

Parent

Subsidiary

Sales

$1,000,000

$700,000

Cost of sales

400,000

350,000

How much should be reported as cost of sales in the consolidated financial statement for the year?

Select one:

a. $550,000

b. $680,000

c. $500,000

d. $750,000

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