9) Pell Company acquires 80% of Demers Company for $500,000 on January 1, 2014.
Demers reported common stock of $300,000 and retained earnings of $210,000 on that
date. Equipment was undervalued by $30,000 and buildings were undervalued by
$40,000, each having a 10-year remaining life. Any excess consideration transferred
over fair value was attributed to goodwill with an indefinite life. Based on an annual
review, goodwill has not been impaired.
Demers earns income and pays dividends as follows:
Assume the PARTIAL EQUITY method is applied.
Compute Pell’s investment in Demers at December 31, 2015.
A) $676,000.
B) $629,000.
C) $580,000.
D) $604,000.
E) $572,000.
10) 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 $10 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 $22,000. Knight did
not own any of Stoop’s bonds. Stoop reported income of $300,000 for 2013.
What was the amount of Stoop’s earnings that should be included in calculating
consolidated diluted earnings per share?
A) $300,000.
B) $240,000.
C) $257,600.
D) $322,000.
E) $201,250.
11) Perry Company acquires 100% of the stock of Hurley Corporation on January 1,
2012, for $3,800 cash. As of that date Hurley has the following trial balance;