Questions from Advanced Accounting


Q: On January 3, 2016, Pam Corporation purchased a 90%

On January 3, 2016, Pam Corporation purchased a 90% interest in Sun Corporation at a price $120,000 in excess of book value and fair value. The excess is goodwill. During 2016, Pam sold inventory item...

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Q: Pam Corporation paid $7,200,000 for 360,

Pam Corporation paid $7,200,000 for 360,000 shares of Sun Corporation’s outstanding voting common stock on January 1, 2016, when the stockholders’ equity of Sun consisted of (in thousands): 10% cumul...

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Q: Pop Corporation acquired 80 percent of Son Corporation’s preferred stock for $

Pop Corporation acquired 80 percent of Son Corporation’s preferred stock for $175,000 and 90 percent of Son’s common stock for $630,000 on July 1, 2016. Son’s stockholders’ equity on December 31, 2016...

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Q: The affiliation structure for a group of interrelated companies is diagrammed as

The affiliation structure for a group of interrelated companies is diagrammed as follows: The investments were acquired at fair value equal to book value in 2016, and there are no unrealized or cons...

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Q: Financial statements for Pam and Sun Corporations for 2016 are summarized as

Financial statements for Pam and Sun Corporations for 2016 are summarized as follows (in thousands): Pam owns 90,000 shares of Sun’s outstanding voting common stock at December 31...

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Q: Pop Corporation acquired an 80 percent interest in Son Corporation common stock

Pop Corporation acquired an 80 percent interest in Son Corporation common stock for $240,000 on January 1, 2015, when Son’s stockholders’ equity consisted of $200,0...

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Q: Pam Corporation has $108,000 income from its own operations

Pam Corporation has $108,000 income from its own operations for 2016, and $42,000 income from Sun Corporation, its 70 percent–owned subsidiary. Sun’s net income of $60,000 consists of $66,000 operatin...

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Q: Your CEO called you into his office to discuss an article he

Your CEO called you into his office to discuss an article he had read over the weekend. The article stated that the FASB had changed accounting for deferred taxes such that all deferred tax assets and...

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Q: What are the required disclosures related to EPS calculations when preparing consolidated

What are the required disclosures related to EPS calculations when preparing consolidated financial statements?

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Q: In computing diluted earnings for a parent, it may be necessary

In computing diluted earnings for a parent, it may be necessary to replace the parent’s equity in subsidiary’s realized income with the parent’s equity in the subsidiary’s diluted earnings. Does this...

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