Reference no: EM132726513

Question - Pepper Company acquired 80 percent of Salt Company's stock at underlying book value on January 1, 2018. At that date, Salt reported common stock outstanding of $1,050,000 and retained earnings of $840,000; the fair value of the non-controlling interest was equal to 20 percent of the book value of Salt Company. Salt Co. sold equipment to Pepper Co. for a $720,000 on December 31, 2018. Salt Co. had originally purchased the equipment for $800,000 on January 1, 2015, with a useful life of 10 years and no salvage value. At the time of the purchase, Pepper Co. estimated that the equipment still had the same remaining useful life. Both companies use straight-line depreciation.

Pepper sold land costing $132,000 to Salt Company on June 28, 2019, for $178,000.

Required -

a) Prepare Pepper's journal entries related to intercompany sale of land and equipment for 2019.

b) Prepare the consolidation entries that related to intercompany sale of land for 2019.

c) Prepare the consolidation entries that related to intercompany sale of equipment for 2019.