Question

Pavin acquires all of Stabler’s outstanding shares on January 1, 2015, for $550,000 in cash. Of this amount, $39,000 was attributed to equipment with a 10-year remaining life and $49,000 was assigned to trademarks expensed over a 20-year period. Pavin applies the partial equity method so that income is accrued each period based solely on the earnings reported by the subsidiary.

On January 1, 2018, Pavin reports $390,000 in bonds outstanding with a carrying amount of $366,000. Stabler purchases half of these bonds on the open market for $189,000.

During 2018, Pavin begins to sell merchandise to Stabler. During that year, inventory costing $116,000 was transferred at a price of $145,000. All but $19,000 (at sales price) of these goods were resold to outside parties by year-end. Stabler still owes $42,000 for inventory shipped from Pavin during December.

The following financial figures are for the two companies for the year ending December 31, 2018. Dividends were both declared and paid during the current year.

	Pavin				Stabler
Revenues	$	(767,000	)		$	(523,000	)
Cost of goods sold		464,000				249,000
Expenses		134,000				167,500
Interest expense—bonds		45,000				0
Interest income—bond investment		0				(21,750	)
Loss on extinguishment of bonds		0				0
Equity in Stabler’s income		(128,250	)			0
Net income	$	(252,250	)		$	(128,250	)
Retained earnings, 1/1/18	$	(354,000	)		$	(379,000	)
Net income		(252,250	)			(128,250	)
Dividends paid		164,000				86,000
Retained earnings, 12/31/18	$	(442,250	)		$	(421,250	)
Cash and receivables	$	226,000			$	44,000
Inventory		184,000				96,000
Investment in Stabler		638,250				0
Investment in Pavin bonds		0				189,750
Land, buildings, and equipment (net)		254,000				550,000
Trademarks		0				0
Total assets	$	1,302,250			$	879,750
Accounts payable	$	(173,000	)		$	(220,500	)
Bonds payable		(390,000	)			(109,000	)
Discount on bonds		21,000				0
Common stock		(318,000	)			(129,000	)
Retained earnings (above)		(442,250	)			(421,250	)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	(1,302,250	)		$	(879,750	)

Note: Credits are indicated by parentheses.

Prepare a worksheet to produce consolidated balances. (For accounts where multiple consolidation entries are required, combine all debit entries into one amount and enter this amount in the debit column of the worksheet. Similarly, combine all credit entries into one amount and enter this amount in the credit column of the worksheet. Amounts in the Debit and Credit columns should be entered as positive. Negative amounts for the Consolidated Totals column should be entered with a minus sign.)

PAVIN AND STABLER
Consolidation Worksheet
For Year Ending December 31, 2018
			Consolidation Entries		Consolidated
Accounts	Pavin	Stabler	Debit	Credit	Totals
Revenues	$(767,000)	$(523,000)		1,290,000	$0
Cost of goods sold	464,000	249,000	713,000		0
Expenses	134,000	167,500
Interest expense—bonds	45,000	0
Interest income—bond investment	0	(21,750)
Loss on extinguishment of bonds	0	0
Equity in income of Stabler	(128,250)	0
Net income	$(252,250)	$(128,250)			$0
Retained earnings, 1/1/18	(354,000)
Retained earnings, 1/1/18		(379,000)
Net income	(252,250)	(128,250)			0
Dividends paid	164,000	86,000
Retained earnings, 12/31/18	$(442,250)	$(421,250)			$0
Cash and receivables	$226,000	$44,000
Inventory	184,000	96,000
Investment in Stabler	638,250	0
Investment in Pavin	0	189,750
Land, buildings, and equipment (net)	254,000	550,000
Trademarks	0	0
Total assets	$1,302,250	$879,750			$0
Accounts payable	(173,000)	(220,500)
Bonds payable	(390,000)	(109,000)
Discount on bonds	21,000	0
Common stock	(318,000)	(129,000)
Retained earnings	(442,250)	(421,250)			0
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$(1,302,250)	$(879,750)	$713,000	$1,290,000	$0

Answer 1

Solution

Given the data

Pavin acquires all of Stabler’s outstanding shares on January 1, 2015, for $550,000 in cash. Of this amount, $39,000 was attributed to equipment with a 10-year remaining life and $49,000 was assigned to trademarks expensed over a 20-year period. Pavin applies the partial equity method so that income is accrued each period based solely on the earnings reported by the subsidiary.

On January 1, 2018, Pavin reports $390,000 in bonds outstanding with a carrying amount of $366,000. Stable purchases half of these bonds on the open market for $189,000.