Exam 6: Variable Interest Entities, Intra-Entity Debt, Consolidated Cash Flows, and Other Issues

How would consolidated earnings per share be calculated if the subsidiary has no convertible securities or warrants?

Ryan Company purchased 80% of Chase Company for $240,000 when Chase's book value was $300,000. Chase has 50,000 shares outstanding and currently has a book value of $400,000.Assume Chase reacquired 8,000 shares of its common stock from outsiders at $10 per share.What should the adjusted book value of Chase be after the treasury shares were purchased?

On January 1, 2021, Nichols Company acquired 80% of Smith Company's common stock and 40% of its non-voting, cumulative preferred stock. The consideration transferred by Nichols was $1,200,000 for the common and $124,000 for the preferred. There was no premium in the value of consideration transferred. Any excess acquisition-date fair value over book value is considered goodwill. The capital structure of Smith immediately prior to the acquisition is: The consolidation entry at date of acquisition will include (referring to Smith):

Knight Co. owned 80% of the common stock of Stoop Co. Stoop had 50,000 shares of $5 par value common stock and 2,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding. Each preferred share received an annual per share dividend of $2 and is convertible into four shares of common stock. Knight did not own any of Stoop's preferred stock. Stoop also had 600 bonds outstanding, each of which is convertible into ten shares of common stock. Stoop's annual after-tax interest expense for the bonds was $2,000. Knight did not own any of Stoop's bonds. There are no excess amortizations or intra-entity transactions associated with this consolidation. Stoop reported net income of $300,000 for 2021. Knight has 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding and reported net income of $400,000 for 2021.What would Knight Co. report as consolidated basic earnings per share (rounded)?

Gordon Co. reported current earnings of $580,000 while paying $58,000 in cash dividends. Lane Co. earned $150,000 in net income and distributed $15,000 in dividends. Gordon held a 75% interest in Lane for several years, an investment that it originally acquired by transferring consideration equal to the book value of the underlying net assets. Gordon used the initial value method to account for these shares.On January 1, 2021, Lane acquired in the open market $75,000 of Gordon's 8% bonds. The bonds had originally been issued several years ago at a price that would yield a 10% effective interest rate. On the date of the bond purchase, the book value of the bonds payable was $68,200. Lane paid $66,000 based on a 12% effective interest rate over the remaining life of the bonds.What is the noncontrolling interest's share of the subsidiary's net income?

Jet Corp. acquired all of the outstanding shares of Nittle Inc. on January 1, 2019, for $644,000 in cash. Of this consideration transferred, $42,000 was attributed to equipment with a ten-year remaining useful life. Goodwill of $56,000 had also been identified. Jet applied the partial equity method so that income would be accrued each period based solely on the earnings reported by the subsidiary.On January 1, 2022, Jet reported $280,000 in bonds outstanding with a book value of $263,200. Nittle purchased half of these bonds on the open market for $135,800.During 2022, Jet began to sell merchandise to Nittle. During that year, inventory costing $112,000 was transferred at a price of $140,000. All but $14,000 (at Jet's selling price) of these goods were resold to outside parties by year's end. Nittle still owed $50,400 for inventory shipped from Jet during December.The following financial figures were for the two companies for the year ended December 31, 2022. Required:Prepare a consolidation worksheet for the year ended December 31, 2022.

All of the following are examples of variable interests except:

In reporting consolidated earnings per share when there is a wholly owned subsidiary, which of the following statements is true?

On January 1, 2021, Bast Co. had a net book value of $2,100,000 as follows: Fisher Co. acquired all of the outstanding preferred shares for $148,000 and 60% of the common stock for $1,281,000. Fisher believed that one of Bast's buildings, with a twelve-year life, was undervalued on the company's financial records by $70,000.Required:What is the amount of goodwill to be recognized from this purchase?

Popper Co. acquired 80% of the common stock of Cocker Co. on January 1, 2019, when Cocker had the following stockholders' equity accounts. To acquire this interest in Cocker, Popper paid a total of $682,000 with any excess acquisition date fair value over book value being allocated to goodwill, which has been measured for impairment annually and has not been determined to be impaired as of January 1, 2022.Popper did not pay any premium when it acquired its original interest in Cocker. On January 1, 2022, Cocker reported a net book value of $1,113,000 before the following transactions were conducted. Popper uses the equity method to account for its investment in Cocker, thereby reflecting the change in book value of Cocker.On January 1, 2022, Cocker issued 10,000 additional shares of common stock for $35 per share. Popper acquired 8,000 of these shares. How would this transaction affect the additional paid-in capital of the parent company?

Kearns Inc. owned all of Burke Corp. For 2021, Kearns reported net income (without consideration of its investment in Burke) of $350,000 while the subsidiary reported $127,000. There are no excess amortizations associated with this consolidation. The subsidiary had bonds payable outstanding on January 1, 2021, with a book value of $303,000. The parent acquired the bonds on that date for $285,000. During 2021, Kearns reported interest income of $32,000 while Burke reported interest expense of $29,000. What is consolidated net income for 2021?

The accounting problems encountered in consolidated intra-entity debt transactions when the debt is acquired by an affiliate from an outside party include all of the following except:

Fargus Corporation owned 51% of the voting common stock of Sanatee, Inc. The parent's interest was acquired several years ago on the date that the subsidiary was formed. Consequently, no goodwill or other allocation was recorded in connection with the acquisition price. On January 1, 2020, Sanatee sold $1,400,000 in ten-year bonds to the public at 108. The bonds pay a 10% interest rate every December 31. Fargus acquired 40% of these bonds on January 1, 2022, for 95% of the face value. Both companies utilized the straight-line method of amortization.What consolidation entry would be recorded in connection with these intra-entity bonds on December 31, 2023?

Danbers Co. owned 75% of the common stock of Renz Corp. How does the issuance of a 5% stock dividend by Renz affect Danbers and the consolidation process?

Ryan Company purchased 80% of Chase Company for $240,000 when Chase's book value was $300,000. Chase has 50,000 shares outstanding and currently has a book value of $400,000.Assume Chase reacquired 8,000 shares of its common stock from outsiders at $10 per share.What is Ryan's percent ownership in Chase after the acquisition of the treasury shares (rounded)?

How does the creation of a consolidated statement of cash flows differ from the creation of a consolidated income statement or consolidated balance sheet?

How do intra-entity transfers of inventory affect the preparation of a consolidated statement of cash flows?

Which of the following statements regarding consolidation of a VIE with its primary beneficiary is true?

Knight Co. owned 80% of the common stock of Stoop Co. Stoop had 50,000 shares of $5 par value common stock and 2,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding. Each preferred share received an annual per share dividend of $2 and is convertible into four shares of common stock. Knight did not own any of Stoop's preferred stock. Stoop also had 600 bonds outstanding, each of which is convertible into ten shares of common stock. Stoop's annual after-tax interest expense for the bonds was $2,000. Knight did not own any of Stoop's bonds. There are no excess amortizations or intra-entity transactions associated with this consolidation. Stoop reported net income of $300,000 for 2021. Knight has 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding and reported net income of $400,000 for 2021.What would Knight Co. report as consolidated diluted earnings per share (rounded)?