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13 April, 15:35

On January 1, 2018, Alamar Corporation acquired a 40 percent interest in Burks, Inc., for $210,000. On that date, Burks's balance sheet disclosed net assets with both a fair and book value of $360,000. During 2018, Burks reported net income of $80,000 and declared and paid cash dividends of $25,000. Alamar sold inventory costing $30,000 to Burks during 2018 for $40,000. Burks used all of this merchandise in its operations during 2018. Prepare all of Alamar's 2018 journal entries to apply the equity method to this investment. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

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  1. 13 April, 17:52
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    Burks investment 144,000 debit

    goodwill 66,000 debit

    cash 210,000 credit

    --to record acquisition---

    Burks investment 32,000 debit

    gains on investent 32,000 credit

    - - to record income on investment---

    cash 10,000 debit

    Burks investment 10,000 credit

    - - to record dividends of Burks - --

    Explanation:

    proportional equity:

    360,000 x 0.4 = 144,000

    acquired by 210,000

    goodwill 66,000

    divdends: 25,000 x 0.4 = 10,000

    net income 80,000 x 0.4 = 32,000

    For the ivnentory no entry is needed as Bursk used the entire inventory there is not unrealized gain.
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