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Following are selected accounts for Mergaronite Company andHill, Inc., as of December 31, 2018. Several of Mergaronite’saccounts have been omitted. Credit balances are indicated byparentheses. Dividends were declared and paid in the sameperiod.

Mergaronite Hill
Revenues $ (602,000 ) $ (240,000 )
Cost of goods sold 260,000 114,000
Depreciation expense 120,000 44,000
Investment income NA NA
Retained earnings, 1/1/18 (892,000 ) (602,000 )
Dividends declared 120,000 44,000
Current assets 200,000 662,000
Land 318,000 94,000
Buildings (net) 500,000 140,000
Equipment (net) 194,000 248,000
Liabilities (390,000 ) (320,000 )
Common stock (294,000 ) (36,000 )
Additional paid-in capital (54,000 ) (908,000 )

Assume that Mergaronite took over Hill on January 1, 2014, byissuing 7,600 shares of common stock having a par value of $10 pershare but a fair value of $100 each. On January 1, 2014, Hill’sland was undervalued by $19,800, its buildings were overvalued by$29,200, and equipment was undervalued by $61,800. The buildingshad a 10-year remaining life; the equipment had a 5-year remaininglife. A customer list with an appraised value of $94,000 wasdeveloped internally by Hill and was to be written off over a20-year period.

A.) Determine the December 31, 2018, consolidatedtotals for the following accounts:

Totals
Revenues $
Cost of goods sold $
Depreciation expense $
Amortization expense $
Buildings $
Equipment $
Customer list $
Common stock $
Additional paid-in capital $

    B.) In requirement (a), can the consolidated totalsbe determined without knowing which method the parent used toaccount for the subsidiary?

    Consolidated totals

    C.) If the parent uses the equity method, whatconsolidation entries would be used on a 2018worksheet?

    Prepare Entry S to eliminate the beginning stockholders' equityof the subsidiary.

    Event Account Debit Credit
    S

    Prepare Entry A to recognize the unamortized allocation balancesas of the beginning of the current year.

    Event Account Debit Credit
    A

    Prepare Entry I to remove the equity income recognized duringthe year - equity method.

    Event Account Debit Credit
    I

    Prepare Entry D to remove the Intra-entity dividenddeclarations.

    Event Account Debit Credit
    D

    Prepare Entry E to recognize the excess acquisition-datefair-value amortizations for the period.

    Event Account Debit Credit
    E

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    Casey Durgan
    Casey DurganLv2
    28 Sep 2019

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