Question

Harper, Inc., acquires 40 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Kinman Company on January 1, 2020, for $347,200 in cash. The book value of Kinman's net assets on that date was $680,000, although one of the company's buildings, with a $64,800 carrying amount, was actually worth $117,800. This building had a 10-year remaining life. Kinman owned a royalty agreement with a 20-year remaining life that was undervalued by $135,000. Kinman sold inventory with an original cost of $77,700 to Harper during 2020 at a price of $111,000. Harper still held $24,900 (transfer price) of this amount in inventory as of December 31, 2020. These goods are to be sold to outside parties during 2021. Kinman reported a $45,600 net loss and a $24,200 other comprehensive loss for 2020. The company still manages to declare and pay a $13,000 cash dividend during the year. During 2021, Kinman reported a $49,600 net income and declared and paid a cash dividend of $15,000. It made additional inventory sales of $114,000 to Harper during the period. The original cost of the merchandise was $71,250. All but 30 percent of this inventory had been resold to outside parties by the end of the 2021 fiscal year.
Required:
Prepare all journal entries for Harper for 2019 and 2020 in connection with this investment. Assume that the equity method is applied.

Answer 1

Answer:

Kinman Company    272,000  debit

Royalties Kinman Co 54,000  debit

Building Kinman Co   21,200  debit

  Cash                             347,200  credit

--to record the purchase--

sales revenue 9,960 debit

        account receivables 9,960 credit

inventory                 6,972 debit

   cost of goods sold   6,972 credit

--to record the unsold part of the inventory in Kinman--

Cash       6,000 debit

Kinman Company   6,000 credit

-- to record dividends--

loss on investment 18,240 debit

retained earnings    9,680 debit

       Kinman Company 27,920 credit

--to record net loss of Kinman--

Explanation:

60% of Kinman Company:

680,000 x 40% = 272,000

Excess in Market value of building:

117,800 - 64,800 = 53,000

53,000 x 40% = 21,200

Royalty agreement market value: 135,000

135,000 x 40% = 54,000

Total Value:

272,000 + 21,200 + 54,000 = 347,200

now, we must "unrecord" the unsold part of the inventory of Kinman as it is now considered a intra-entity transaction.

Sales Revenue:

24,900 x 40% =  9,960

Cost of Good Sold:

77,700 x 24,900/111,000 x 40% = 6,972

Dividends: they are not considered gain but a distribution of cash from Kinman to us.

15,000 x 40% = 6,000

Losses impact the equity thus, decrease the Kinman Company account

45,600 + 24,200 = 69,800

69,800 x 40% = 27,920

The comprehensive loss will directly decrease retained earnigns rather a loss directly.

45,600 x 40% = 18,240

24,200 x 40% =  9,680

The rest of the transactions occurs in 2021 and we are only asked for 2019/2020