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. On January 1, 2016, Caleb Corp. paid $1,020,000 to acquire all Kelton Co using

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Question

. On January 1, 2016, Caleb Corp. paid $1,020,000 to acquire all Kelton Co using cash for the combination.

Kelton maintained separate incorporation.

Caleb used the equity method to account for the investment. The following information is available for Kelton’s assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity accounts on January 1, 2016:

Book Value Fair Value

current assets 120,000 120,000

land 72,000 192,000

Building(twenty year life) 240,000 268,000

Equipment(ten year life) 540,000 516,000

current liabilities 24,000 24,000

long-term liabilities 120,000 120,000

common stock 228,000

additional paid-in capital 384,000

retained earnings 216,000

Kelton earned net income for 2016 of $126,000 and paid dividends of $48,000 during the year.     Instruction:

Prepare the journal entries for the purchased of investment.

Prepare the analysis for the business combination and the journal entries for this moment in January 1, 2016.

What is the amount of goodwill at January 1, 2016? _______________

What is the balance of Cash in the Consolidate Balance Sheet at Jan 1, 2016?

What is the amount of the amortization allocation for December 31, 2016? _______________________

What is the amount of controlling interest and noncontrolling interest for January 1, 2016? __________________________________________

What is the Balance of Investment in Kelton account at the end of the 2016?

What is the Balance of the Common Stock and Retained Earnings in the Balance Sheet Consolidated at December 31, 2016?

Explanation / Answer

1. If Kelton is a separate incorporation then the investment will be treated as equity investment.

Journal entry for Investment

Date

Particulars

Dr. Amount

Cr. Amount

01/01/2016

Investment in Kelton

TO Cash

1,020,000

1,020,000

2. Journal Entry for Business Combination

Date

Particulars

Dr. Amount

Cr. Amount

01/01/2016

Current Assets

Land

Building

Equipment

Goodwill

TO Current Liabilities

TO Long-term Liabilities

TO Cash

120,000

192,000

268,000

516,000

68,000

24,000

120,000

1,020,000

3. Goodwill on 1st Jan 2016 = $68,000

4. Calculation of Cash Balance in consolidated financials

Particulars

Amount

Receipt of cash in business combination

1,020,000

Less: Payment by Caleb in business combination

(1,020,000)

Add: Current assets of Kelton

120,000

Total Cash Balance

120,000

NOTE: It is assumed that current assets comprises of only cash in hand.

5. As per US GAAP & IFRS, goodwill purchased in the business combination is never amortized in the books of holding company. Such goodwill is required to be checked for the impairment loss at least once in a year. There Amortization amount on 31st Dec 2016 is NIL.

6. Since Caleb Inc. has acquired all the shares of Kelton company, 100% of the controlling interest lies with Caleb Inc. and no non-controlling interest is there in the company.

Date

Particulars

Dr. Amount

Cr. Amount

01/01/2016

Investment in Kelton

TO Cash

1,020,000

1,020,000