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1) Baker Company owns 15% of the common stock of Charlie Corporation and used the fair- value method to account for this investment. Charlie reported net income of $120,000 for 2024 and paid dividends of $70,000 on October 1, 2024. How much income should Baker recognize on this investment in 2024?

A) $18,000

B) $10,500

C) $28,500

D) $7,500

E) $50,000

2) Loeffler Company owns 35% of the common stock of Tetter Company and uses the equity method to account for the investment. During 2024, Tetter reported income of $260,000 and paid dividends of $90,000. There is no amortization associated with the investment. During 2024, how much income should Loeffler recognize related to this investment?

A) $90,000

B) $91,000

C) $122,500

D) $31,500

E) $59,500

3) On January 1, 2024, Lee Company paid $1,870,000 for 80,000 shares of Thomas Company’s voting common stock which represents a 45% investment. No allocation to goodwill or other specific account was necessary. Significant influence over Thomas was achieved by this acquisition. Thomas distributed a dividend of $2.00 per share during 2024 and reported net income of $720,000. What was the balance in the Investment in Thomas Company account found in the financial records of Lee as of December 31, 2024?

A) $2,114,000.

B) $2,194,000

C) $2,354,000

D) $2,158,000

E) $2,034,000

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Version 1 2 4) A necessary condition to use the equity method of reporting for an equity investment is that the investor company must

• have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial

policies of the investee.

• own at least 30% of the investee's voting stock.
• possess a controlling interest in the investee's voting stock.
• not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial

policies of the investee.

5) On January 1, 2022, Dermot Company purchased 15% of the voting common stock of Horne Corporation. On January 1, 2024, Dermot purchased 28% of Horne’s voting common stock.If Dermot achieves significant influence with this new investment, how must Dermot account for the change to the equity method?

• It must use the equity method for 2024 but should make no changes in its financial

statements for 2023 and 2022.

• It should prepare consolidated financial statements for 2024.
• It must restate the financial statements for 2023 and 2022 as if the equity method had

been used for those two years.

• It should record a prior period adjustment at the beginning of 2024 but should not

restate the financial statements for 2023 and 2022.

• It must restate the financial statements for 2023 as if the equity method had been used

then.

6) During January 2023, Nelson, Incorporated acquired 30% of the outstanding common stock of Fuel Company for $1,600,000. This investment gave Nelson the ability to exercise significant influence over Fuel. Fuel’s assets on that date were recorded at $7,200,000 with liabilities of $3,400,000. Any excess of cost over book value of Nelson’s investment was attributed to unrecorded patents having a remaining useful life of ten years.In 2023, Fuel reported net income of $650,000. For 2024, Fuel reported net income of $800,000. Dividends of $250,000 were paid in each of these two years. What was the reported balance of Nelson’s Investment in Fuel Company at December 31, 2024?

A) $1,793,000

B) $1,885,000

C) $1,943,000

D) $1,977,000

E) $1,054,300

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Version 1 3 7) On January 1, 2024, Bangle Company purchased 30% of the voting common stock of Sleat Corporation for $1,000,000. Any excess of cost over book value was assigned to goodwill.During 2024, Sleat paid dividends of $24,000 and reported a net loss of $140,000. What is the balance in the investment account on December 31, 2024?

A) $950,800

B) $958,000

C) $836,000

D) $990,100

E) $956,400

8) On January 1, 2024, Halpert Incorporated acquired 30% of Schrute Corporation. Halpert used the equity method to account for the investment. On January 1, 2025, Halpert sold two- thirds of its investment in Schrute. It no longer had the ability to exercise significant influence over the operations of Schrute. How should Halpert account for this change?

• Halpert should continue to use the equity method to maintain consistency in its

financial statements.

• Halpert should restate the prior years’ financial statements and change the balance in

the investment account as if the fair-value method had been used since 2024.

• Halpert has the option of using either the equity method or the fair-value method for

2024 and future years.

• Halpert should report the effect of the change from the equity to the fair-value method

as a retrospective change in accounting principle.

• Halpert should use the fair-value method for 2025 and future years, but should not

make a retrospective adjustment to the investment account.

9) Kane Incorporated owns 30% of Woodhouse Company and applies the equity method.During the current year, Kane bought inventory costing $71,500 and then sold it to Woodhouse for $130,000. At year-end, only $30,000 of merchandise was still being held by Woodhouse. What amount of intra-entity gross profit must be deferred by Kane?

A) $9,000

B) $4,050

C) $13,500

D) $17,550

E) $5,600

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Version 1 4 10) On January 4, 2024, Snow Company purchased 40,000 shares (40%) of the common stock of Walker Corporation, paying $900,000. There was no goodwill or other cost allocation associated with the investment. Snow has significant influence over Walker. During 2024, Walker reported income of $240,000 and paid dividends of $75,000. On January 2, 2025, Snow sold 5,000 shares for $125,000. What was the balance in the investment account after the shares had been sold?

A) $871,500

B) $845,250

C) $761,250

D) $897,250

E) $950,250

11) On January 3, 2024, Madison Corporation purchased 30% of the voting common stock of Huntsville Company, paying $3,000,000. Madison decided to use the equity method to account for this investment. At the time of the investment, Huntsville’s total stockholders’ equity was $8,000,000. Madison gathered the following information about Huntsville’s assets

and liabilities:

Book Value Fair Value Buildings (10-year life) $ 400,000 $ 600,000 Equipment (5-year life) $ 1,200,000 $ 1,400,000 Franchises (8-year life) $ 0 $ 480,000 For all other assets and liabilities, book value and fair value were equal. Any excess of cost over fair value was attributed to goodwill, which has not been impaired.What is the amount of goodwill associated with the investment?

A) $600,000

B) $264,000

• $0

D) $336,000

E) $480,000

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