Reference no: EM132920559
On January 1, 2012, P Company sold a warehouse with a book value of 80,000 and a 20 year remaining useful life to its wholly owned subsidiary, S Company, for 120,000. Both P and S use the straight line depreciation method.
On December 31, 2012, the separate company financial statements contained the following balances connected with the warehouse.
P Company S Company
Gain on sale of warehouse 40,000
Depreciation expense 6,000
Warehouse 120,000
Accumulated depreciation 6,000
Question 1: A working paper entry to consolidate the financial statements of P and S on December 31, 2012 will include:
a. A debit to accumulated depreciation for 2,000
b. A credit to depreciation expense for 4,000
c. A debit to gain on sale of warehouse for 38,000
d. A credit to depreciation expense for 6,000
e. None of these