CONSOLIDATION EXAMPLE—INTERCOMPANY PROFITS
FROM UPSTREAM SALES
Sit Corporation is an 80 percent-owned subsidiary of Poh Corporation, acquired for
$480,000 on
January 2, 2011, when Sit’s stockholders’ equity consisted of $500,000 capital stock and
$100,000
retained earnings. The investment cost was equal to the book value and fair value of Sit’s
net assets
acquired, so no fair value/book value differential resulted from the acquisition.
Sit Corporation sells inventory items to Poh Corporation on a regular basis. The
intercompany
transaction data for 2012 are as follows:
Equity Method
At December 31, 2011, Poh’s Investment in Sit account had a balance of $568,000, consist-
ing of $600,000 underlying equity in Sit’s net assets ($750,000 × 80%) less 80 percent of
the $40,000 unrealized profit in Poh’s December 31, 2011, inventory from upstream sales.
During 2012, Poh made the following entries to account for its investment in Sit under the
equity method: