Question

On January 4, Year 1, Ferguson Company purchased 480,000 shares of Silva Company directly from one of the founders for a price of $30 per share. Silva has 1,200,000 shares outstanding, including the Daniels shares. On July 2, Year 1, Silva paid $750,000 in total dividends to its shareholders. On December 31, Year 1, Silva reported a net income of $2,000,000 for the year. Ferguson uses the equity method in accounting for its investment in Silva.

Required:

A.	Provide the Ferguson Company journal entries for the transactions involving its investment in Silva Company during Year 1. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
B.	Determine the December 31, Year 1, balance of the investment in Silva Company stock account.

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ACCOUNTING EQUATION

	DATE	DESCRIPTION	POST. REF.	DEBIT	CREDIT	ASSETS	LIABILITIES	EQUITY
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CHART OF ACCOUNTS
Ferguson Company
General Ledger
ASSETS 110 Cash 111 Petty Cash 120 Accounts Receivable 121 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 131 Notes Receivable 132 Interest Receivable 141 Merchandise Inventory 145 Office Supplies 146 Store Supplies 151 Prepaid Insurance 161 Investment in Silva Company Stock 165 Valuation Allowance for Trading Investments 166 Valuation Allowance for Available-for-Sale Investments 181 Land 191 Store Equipment 192 Accumulated Depreciation-Store Equipment 193 Office Equipment 194 Accumulated Depreciation-Office Equipment LIABILITIES 210 Accounts Payable 221 Notes Payable 231 Interest Payable 241 Salaries Payable 251 Sales Tax Payable EQUITY 311 Common Stock 312 Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par-Common Stock 321 Preferred Stock 322 Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par-Preferred Stock 331 Treasury Stock 332 Paid-In Capital from Sale of Treasury Stock 340 Retained Earnings 350 Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Available-for-Sale Investments 351 Cash Dividends 352 Stock Dividends 390 Income Summary	REVENUE 410 Sales 611 Interest Revenue 612 Dividend Revenue 621 Income of Silva Company 631 Gain on Sale of Investments 641 Unrealized Gain on Trading Investments EXPENSES 511 Cost of Merchandise Sold 512 Bad Debt Expense 515 Credit Card Expense 516 Cash Short and Over 520 Salaries Expense 531 Advertising Expense 532 Delivery Expense 533 Repairs Expense 534 Selling Expenses 535 Rent Expense 536 Insurance Expense 537 Office Supplies Expense 538 Store Supplies Expense 561 Depreciation Expense-Store Equipment 562 Depreciation Expense-Office Equipment 590 Miscellaneous Expense 710 Interest Expense 721 Loss of Silva Company 731 Loss on Sale of Investments 741 Unrealized Loss on Trading Investments

Answer 1

Solution A:

E G Н 18 19 20 Journal Entries 21 Account title and explanation Inves tment in Silve company stock Dr (480000*$30) Debit Credit 22 S. no. Date $14,400,000 23 1) 04-Jan $14,400,000 24 To Cash 25 Cash Dr ($750000*40%) $300,000 02-Jul 26 2) $300,000 To Investment in Silva Compamy stock 27 28 $800,000 Investment in Silva company stock Dr ($2,000,000*40% To Income of Silva company 29 3) 31-Dec $800,000 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Sheet114 (2) Sheet433 Sheet435 Sheet436 She II

Solution B:

Balance of investment = $14400000 - $300000 + $800000 = $14,900,000