Essay
The Investment in Sark Company Common Stock ledger account of Poulter Corporation was as follows for the year ended December 31, 2006:
Poulter had acquired 80% of the outstanding common stock of Sark on December 31, 2005 in a business combination.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, Poulter had total revenue (excluding intercompany investment income) of $800,000, and total costs and expenses (including goodwill impairment loss) of $600,000. Poulter declared cash dividends of $60,000 during 2006.
a. Reconstruct Poulter Corporation's equity-method journal entries for the operations of Sark Company for 2006. Omit explanations and disregard income taxes.
b. Prepare Poulter Corporation's closing entries on December 31, 2006. Omit explanations.
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