Question

Equity method for stock investment Obj. 3 Show Me How icon At a total cost of $5,600,000, Herrera Corporation acquired 280,000 shares of Tran Corp. common stock as a long-term investment. Herrera Corporation uses the equity method of accounting for this investment. Tran Corp. has 800,000 shares of common stock outstanding, including the shares acquired by Herrera Corporation. Journalize the entries by Herrera Corporation to record the following information: Tran Corp. reports net income of $600,000 for the current period. A cash dividend of $0.50 per common share is paid by Tran Corp. during the current period. Pencil Why is the equity method appropriate for the Tran Corp. investment

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The journal entries are shown below:

1 Investment in Tran Corp $210,000  

         To Investment Income (280,000 ÷ 800,000 × $600,000)  $210,000

(Being the investment in Tran corp. is recorded)  

For recording this we debited the investment in tran corp as it increased the assets and credited the investment income as it also increased the revenue

2 Cash (280,000 × $0.50) $140,000  

           To Investment in Tran Corp  $140,000

(Being the payment of cash dividend is recorded)  

For recording this we debited the cash as it increased the assets and credited the investment in tran corp as it decreased the assets

(B) The equity method is appropriate as the Herrera owns 35% which come from

= $280,000 ÷ $800,000

= 35%

And it can be exercised when there is a significant influence or effect over the investor