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Balance Sheet Totals of Parent CompanyFoster Corporation established Kline Company as a wh...

Balance Sheet Totals of Parent Company

Foster Corporation established Kline Company as a wholly owned subsidiary. Foster reported the following balance sheet amounts immediately before and after it transferred assets and accounts payable to Kline Company in exchange for 4,000 shares of $12 par value common stock:

 

Amount Reported

 

Before Transfer

After Transfer

 

Cash

 

$ 40,000

 

$ 25,000

Accounts Receivable

 

65,000

 

41,000

Inventory

 

30,000

 

21,000

Investment in Kline Company

 

 

 

66,000

Land

 

15,000

 

12,000

Depreciable Assets

$180,000

 

$115,000

 

Accumulated Depreciation

75,000

105,000

47,000

68,000

Total Assets

 

$255,000

 

$233,000

Accounts Payable

 

$ 40,000

 

$ 18,000

Bonds Payable

 

80,000

 

80,000

Common Stock

 

60,000

 

60,000

Retained Earnings

 

75,000

 

75,000

Total Liabilities and Equities

 

$255,000

 

$233,000

Required

a. Give thejournal entry that Foster recorded when it transferred its assets and accounts payable to Kline.


b. Give thejournal entry that Kline recorded upon receipt of the assets and accounts payable from Foster.

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