Question 1:
On December 31, 2013, Nanotech Company invests $20,000 in SoftPlus, a variable interestentity. In contractual agreements completed on that date, PanTech established itself as theprimary beneficiary of SoftPlus. Previously, PanTech had no equity interest in SoftPlus.Immediatelyafter PanTech's investment, SoftPlus presents the following balance sheet:
Cash $ 20,000 Long-term debt $120,000
Marketing software 140,000 Non-controlling interest 60,000
Computer equipment 40,000 PanTech equity interest 20,000
Total assets $200,000 Total liabilities and equity 200,000
Each of the above amounts represents an assessed fair value at December 31, 2013, except forthe marketing software.
a. If the marketing software was undervalued by $20,000, what amounts for SoftPlus wouldappear in PanTech's December 31, 2013, consolidated financial statements?
b. If the marketing software was overvalued by $20,000, what amounts for SoftPlus wouldappear in PanTech's December 31, 2013, consolidated financial statements?
Question 2:
On January 1, 2012, Travers Company acquired 90 percent of Yarrow Company's outstandingstock for $720,000. The 10 percent non-controlling interest had an assessed fairvalue of $80,000 on that date. Any acquisition-date excess fair value over book value wasattributed to an unrecorded customer list developed by Yarrow with a remaining life of15 years.On the same date, Yarrow acquired an 80 percent interest in Stookey Company for $344,000.At the acquisition date, the 20 percent non-controlling interest fair value was $86,000. Anyexcess fair value was attributed to a fully amortized copyright that had a remaining life of10 years. Although both investments are accounted for using the initial value method, neitherYarrow nor Stookey have distributed dividends since the acquisition date. Travers has a policyto pay cash dividends each year equal to 40 percent of operating earnings. Reported incometotals for 2012 follow:
Travers Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000
Yarrow Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,000
Stookey Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,000
Following are the 2013 financial statements for these three companies. Stookey has transferrednumerous amounts of inventory to Yarrow since the takeover amounting to $80,000(2012) and $100,000 (2013). These transactions include the same markup applicable to Stookey'soutside sales. In each year, Yarrow carried 20 percent of this inventory into the succeedingyear before disposing of it. An effective tax rate of 45 percent is applicable to allcompanies.
Travers Yarrow Stookey
Company Company Company
Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (900,000) $ (600,000) (500,000)
Cost of goods sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480,000 320,000 260,000
Operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 80,000 40,000
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (320,000) $ (200,000) $(100,000)
Retained earnings, 1/1/13 . . . . . . . . . .$ (700,000) $ (600,000) $(300,000)
Net income (above). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (320,000) (200,000) (100,000)
Dividends paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,000 -0- -0-
Retained earnings, 12/31/13 . . . . . . $ (892,000) $ (800,000) $(400,000)
Current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 444,000 $ 380,000 $ 280,000
Investment in Yarrow Company . . . . . 720,000 -0- -0-
Investment in Stookey Company . . . . . -0- 344,000 -0-
Land, buildings, and equipment (net). 949,000 836,000 520,000
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,113,000 $ 1,560,000 $ 800,000
Liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (721,000) $ (460,000) $(200,000)
Common stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . (500,000) (300,000) 200,000)
Retained earnings,12/31/13. . . . . . . . (892,000) (800,000) (400,000)
Total liabilities and equities . . . . . . . $(2,113,000) $(1,560,000) $(800,000)
a. Prepare the business combination's 2013 consolidation worksheet; ignore income taxeffects.
b. Determine the amount of income tax for Travers and Yarrow on a consolidated tax returnfor 2013.
c. Determine the amount of Stookey's income tax on a separate tax return for 2013.
d. Based on the answers to requirements (b) and (c), what journal entry does this combinationmake to record 2013 income tax?
Question 3:
Following is financial information describing the six operating segments that make up Fairfield, Inc. (in thousands):
Segments
Red Blue Green Pink Black White
Sales to outside parties . . . . $1,811 $812 $514 $309 $121 $ 99
Intersegment revenues . . . . . . 16 91 109 -0- 16 302
Salary expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 379 402 312 317 62
Rent expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 166 81 92 42 31
Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . 65 59 82 49 14 5
Income tax expense (savings) 141 8761 (86) (64) -0-
Consider the following questions independently. None of the six segments has a primarilyfinancial nature.
a. What minimum revenue amount must any one segment generate to be of significant size torequire disaggregated disclosure?
b. If only Red, Blue, and Green necessitate separate disclosure, is Fairfield disclosing disaggregated data for enough segments?
c. What volume of revenues must a single client generate to necessitate disclosing the existenceof a major customer?
d. If each of these six segments has a profit or loss (in thousands) as follows, which warrantsseparate disclosure?
Red. . . . . . . . . . $1,074 Pink . . . . . . . . $ (94)
Blue . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Black . . . . . . . . . (222)
Green . . . . . . . . . . 140 White. . . . . . . . . 308