Reference no: EM132833462

Question - Power Corporation acquired 100 percent ownership of Scrub Company on February 12, 20X9. At the date of acquisition, Scrub Company reported assets and liabilities with book values of $436,000 and $169,000, respectively, common stock outstanding of $97,000, and retained earnings of $170,000. The book values and fair values of Scrub's assets and liabilities were identical except for land, which had increased in value by $20,000, and inventories, which had decreased by $8,000.

Required -

a. Prepare the following consolidation entries required to make a consolidated balance sheet immediately after the business combination assuming Power acquired its ownership of Scrub for $292,000.

b. Prepare the following consolidation entries required to make consolidated balance sheet immediately after the business combination assuming Power acquired its ownership of Scrub for $263,000.