4) Wilson owned equipment with an estimated life of 10 years when it was acquired for
an original cost of $80,000. The equipment had a book value of $50,000 at January 1,
2012. On January 1, 2012, Wilson realized that the useful life of the equipment was
longer than originally anticipated, at ten remaining years.
On April 1, 2012 Simon Company, a 90% owned subsidiary of Wilson Company,
bought the equipment from Wilson for $68,250 and for depreciation purposes used the
estimated remaining life as of that date. The following data are available pertaining to
Simon’s income and dividends:
Compute Wilson’s share of income from Simon for consolidation for 2013.
A) $108,000
B) $110,000.
C) $106,000.
D) $109,825.
E) $109,800.
6) Kennedy Company acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Hastie
Company of Canada for U.S. $350,000 on January 1, 2013, when the exchange rate for
the Canadian dollar (CAD) was U.S. $.70. The fair value of the net assets of Hastie was
equal to their book value of CAD 450,000 on the date of acquisition. Any acquisition
consideration excess over fair value was attributed to an unrecorded patent with a
remaining life of five years. The functional currency of Hastie is the Canadian dollar.
For the year ended December 31, 2013, Hastie’s trial balance net income was translated
at U.S. $25,000. The average exchange rate for the Canadian dollar during 2013 was
U.S. $.68, and the 2013 year-end exchange rate was U.S. $.65.
Compute the amount of the patent reported in the consolidated balance sheet at
December 31, 2013
A.$28,200
B.$25,700
C.$35,000
D.$27,200
E.$26,000