Question

On january 3, 2013, persoff corporation acquired all of the outstanding voting stock of sea cliff, inc. In exchange for $6,000,000 in cash. Persoff elected to exercise control over sea cliff as a wholly owned subsidiary with an independent accounting system. Both companies have december 31 fiscal year-ends. At the acquisition date, sea cliff's stockholders' equity was $2,500,000 including retained earnings of $1,700,000.Persoff pursued the acquisition, in part, to utilize sea cliff 's technology and computer software. These items had fair values that differed from their values on sea cliff 's books as follows:

Answer 1

Answer:

It is a wholly owned subsidiary so the Income Statement will include the figures of both the companies in the consolidated Income Statement. However the equity side of Balance Sheet will include share capital of only the parent company and include retained earnings of both the companies, assets will added up of the two companies and reported in the Balance Sheet however goodwill of the subsidiary will also be reported and liabilities will also be added up and reported in a same manner.

Explanation:

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It is a wholly owned subsidiary so the Income Statement will include the figures of both the companies in the consolidated Income Statement. However the equity side of Balance Sheet will include share capital of only the parent company and include retained earnings of both the companies, assets will added up of the two companies and reported in the Balance Sheet however goodwill of the subsidiary will also be reported and liabilities will also be added up and reported in a same manner.