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Adams, Inc., acquires Clay Corporation on January 1,2012, in exchange for $510,000 cash. I...

Adams, Inc., acquires Clay Corporation on January 1,2012, in exchange for $510,000 cash. Im­mediately after the acquisition, the two companies have the following account balances. Clay’s equipment (with a five-year life) is actually worth $440,000. Credit balances are indicated by parentheses.

 

Adams

Clay

Current assets

$ 300,000

$ 220,000

Investment in Clay

510,000

-0-

Equipment

600,000

390,000

Liabilities

(200,000)

(160,000)

Common stock

(350,000)

(150,000)

Retained earnings, 1/1/12

(860,000)

(300,000)

In 2012, Clay earns a net income of $55,000 and pays a $5,000 cash dividend. In 2012, Adams reports income from its own operations (exclusive of any income from Clay) of $125,000 and declares no dividends. At the end of 2013, selected account balances for the two companies are as follows:

 

Adams

Clay

Revenues

$(400,000)

$(240,000)

Expenses

290,000

180,000

Investment income

Not given

-0-

Retained earnings, 1/1/13

Not given

(350,000)

Dividends declared

-0-

8,000

Common stock

(350,000)

(150,000)

Current assets

580,000

262,000

Invesment in Clay

Not given

-0-

Equipment

520,000

420,000

Liabilities

(152,000)

(130,000)

a. What are the December 31,2013, Investment Income and Investment in Clay account bal­-ances assuming Adams uses the:

1. Equity method.

2. Initial value method

b. How does the parent’s internal investment accounting method choice affect the amount reported for expenses in its December 31,2013, consolidated income statement?

c. How does the parent’s internal investment accounting method choice affect the amount reported for equipment in its December 31,2013, consolidated balance sheet?

d. What is Adams’s January 1, 2013, Retained Earnings account balance assuming Adams accounts for its investment in Clay using the:

1. Equity value method.

2. Initial value method.

e. What worksheet adjustment to Adams’s January 1, 2013, Retained Earnings account balance is required if Adams accounts for its investment in Clay using the initial value method?

f. Prepare the worksheet entry to eliminate Clay’s stockholders’ equity.

g. What is consolidated net income for 2013?

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