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CHAPTER 7
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Q7-1 All inventory transfers between related companies must be eliminated to avoid an
overstatement of revenue and cost of goods sold in the consolidated income statement. In
addition, when unrealized profits exist at the end of the period, the eliminations are needed to
avoid overstating inventory and consolidated net income.
Q7-2 An inventory transfer at cost results in an overstatement of sales and cost of goods
sold. While net income is not affected, gross profit ratios and other financial statement
analysis may be substantially in error if appropriate eliminations are not made.
Q7-3 An upstream sale occurs when the parent purchases items from one or more
subsidiaries. A downstream sale occurs when the sale is made by the parent to one or more
subsidiaries. Knowledge of the direction of sale is important when there are unrealized profits
so that the person preparing the consolidation workpaper will know whether to reduce
consolidated net income assigned to the controlling interest by the full amount of the
unrealized profit (downstream) or reduce consolidated income assigned to the controlling
and noncontrolling interests on a proportionate basis (upstream).
Q7-4 As in all cases, the total amount of the unrealized profit must be eliminated in
preparing the consolidated statements. When the profits are on the parent company's books,
consolidated net income and income assigned to the controlling interest are reduced by the
full amount of the unrealized profit.
Q7-5 Consolidated net income is reduced by the full amount of the unrealized profits. In the
upstream sale, the unrealized profits are apportioned between the parent company
shareholders and the noncontrolling shareholders. Thus, consolidated net income assigned
to the controlling and noncontrolling interests is reduced by a pro rata portion of the
unrealized profits.
Q7-6 Income assigned to the noncontrolling interest is affected when unrealized profits are
recorded on the subsidiary's books as a result of an upstream sale. A downstream sale
should have no effect on the income assigned to noncontrolling interest because the profits
are on the books of the parent.
Q7-7 The basic eliminating entry needed when the item is resold before the end of the
period is:
Sales XXXXXX
Cost of Goods Sold XXXXXX
The debit to sales is based on the intercorporate sale price. This means that only the
revenue recorded by the company ultimately selling to the nonaffiliate is to be included in the
consolidated income statement. Cost of goods sold is credited for the amount paid by the
purchaser on the intercorporate transfer, thereby permitting the cost of goods sold recorded
by the initial owner to be reported in the consolidated statement.
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Q7-8 The basic eliminating entry needed when one or more of the items are not resold
before the end of the period is:
Sales XXXXXX
Cost of Goods Sold XXXXXX
Inventory XXXXXX
The debit to sales is for the full amount of the transfer price. Inventory is credited for the
unrealized profit at the end of the period and cost of goods sold is credited for the amount
charged to cost of goods sold by the company making the intercompany sale.
Q7-9 Cost of goods sold is reported by the consolidated entity when inventory is sold to an
external party. The amount reported as cost of goods sold is based on the amount paid for
the inventory when it was produced or purchased from an external party. If inventory has
been purchased by one company and sold to a related company, the cost of goods sold
recorded on the intercorporate sale must be eliminated.
Q7-10 No adjustment to retained earnings is needed if the intercorporate sales have been
made at cost or if all intercorporate sales have been resold to an external party in the same
accounting period. If not all of the intercorporate sales have been resold by the end of the
period, consolidated retained earnings must be reduced by the parent's proportionate share
of any unrealized profits.
Q7-11 A proportionate share of the realized retained earnings of the subsidiary are assigned
to the noncontrolling interest. Any unrealized profits on upstream sales are deducted
proportionately from the amount assigned to the noncontrolling interest and consolidated
retained earnings. Unrealized profits on downstream sales are deducted entirely from the
retained earnings assigned to the consolidated entity.
Q7-12 When inventory profits from a prior period intercompany transfer are realized in the
current period, the profit is added to consolidated net income and to the income assigned to
the shareholders of the company that made the intercompany sale. If the unrealized profits
arise from a downstream sale, income assigned to the controlling interest will increase by the
full amount of profit realized. When the profits arise from an upstream sale, income assigned
to the controlling and noncontrolling interests will be increased proportionately in the period
the profit is realized. Thus, knowledge of whether the profits resulted from an upstream or a
downstream sale is imperative in assigning consolidated net income to the appropriate
shareholder group.
Q7-13 Consolidated retained earnings must be reduced by the full amount of any unrealized
profit on the parent company books.
Q7-14 Consolidated retained earnings must be reduced by the parent's proportionate share
of the unrealized profit on the subsidiary's books.
Q7-15* Sales between subsidiaries are treated in the same manner as upstream sales.
Whenever the profits are on the books of one of the subsidiaries, the unrealized profits at the
end of the period are eliminated and consolidated net income and income assigned to the
controlling and noncontrolling interests is reduced.
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a. While the rule covers only a part of the elimination needed, Charlie is correct in that the
cost of goods sold recorded by the selling company must be eliminated to avoid overstating
that caption in the consolidated income statement.
b. The rules will result in the proper consolidated totals if rule #1 is expanded to include a
debit to sales and a credit to ending inventory for the amount of profit recorded by the
company that sold to its affiliate.
c. The way in which the rule is stated makes it appear to be incorrect, but it is correct. The
rule is appropriate in that the cost of goods sold recorded by the purchasing affiliate is equal
to the cost of goods sold to the first owner plus the profit the first owner recorded on the sale.
Eliminating these amounts therefore eliminates the appropriate amount of cost of goods sold.
If an equal amount of sales is eliminated, the rule should result in proper consolidated
financial statement totals.
d. The employee would be forced to look at the books of the selling affiliate and determine
the difference between the intercorporate sale price and the price it paid to acquire or
produce the items. If the items sold to affiliates are routinely produced and costs do not
fluctuate greatly, it may be possible to use some form of gross profit ratio to estimate the
amount of unrealized profit.
MEMO
To: President
Water Products Corporation
From: , CPA
If Water Products holds only a small percent of the ownership of Plumbers Products and
Growinkle Manufacturing, it should have no difficulty in reporting the desired results. This
would not be the case if the two companies are subsidiaries of Water Products.
If both Plumbers Products and Growinkel are subsidiaries of Water Products, both the sale of
inventory to Plumbers Supply and the purchase of inventory from Growinkle Manufacturing
must be eliminated. In addition, the unrealized profit on any unsold inventory involved in
these transfers must be eliminated in preparing the financial statements for the current
period.
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C7-2 (continued)
The consolidated income statement should include the same amount of income on the
inventory sold to Plumbers Supply and resold during the year as would have been recorded if
Water Products had sold the inventory directly to the purchaser. Any income recorded by
Water Products on inventory not resold by Plumbers Supply must be eliminated.
Similarly, the consolidated income statement should include the same amount of income on
the inventory purchased by Water Products and resold during the year as would have been
recorded if Growinkle Manufacturing had sold the inventory directly to the purchaser. Any
income recorded by Growinkle Manufacturing on inventory not resold by Water Products
must be eliminated.
Consolidated net income may increase if Plumbers Supply is able to sell the inventory it
purchased from Water Products at a higher price than would have been received by Water
Products or if it is able to sell a larger number of units. The same can be said for the
inventory purchased by Water Products from Growinkle Manufacturing. It is important to
recognize that the transfer of inventory between Water Products and its subsidiaries does not
in itself generate income for the consolidated entity.
An additional level of complexity may arise in this situation if Water Products uses the LIFO
inventory method. It might, for example, be forced to carry over its LIFO cost basis on the old
inventory sold to Plumbers Supply to the new inventory purchased from Growinkle
Manufacturing since it was replaced within the accounting period.
Primary citation:
ARB 51, Par. 6
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MEMO
To: Treasurer
Evert Corporation
From: , CPA
This memo is prepared in response to your request for information on the appropriate
treatment of intercompany inventory transfers in consolidated financial statements. The
specific eliminating entries required in this case depend on the valuation assigned to the
inventory at December 31, 20X2.
Frankle Company sold inventory with a carrying value of $240,000 to Evert for $180,000 on
December 20, 20X2. Since the exchange price was well below Frankles cost, consideration
should be given to whether the inventory should be reported at $180,000 or $240,000 in the
consolidated statements at December 31, 20X2, under the lower-of-cost-or-market rule.
While the value of the inventory apparently had fallen below Frankles carrying value, the
accounting standards indicate no loss should be recognized when the evidence indicates
that cost will be recovered with an approximately normal profit margin upon sale in the
ordinary course of business. [ARB 43, Chapter 4, Par. 9]
We are told the management of Frankle considered the drop in prices to be temporary and
Evert was able to sell the inventory for $70,000 more than the original amount paid by
Frankle. It therefore seems appropriate for the consolidated entity to report the inventory at
Frankles cost of $240,000 at December 31, 20X2.
In preparing the consolidated statements at December 31, 20X2 and 20X3, the effects of the
intercompany transfer should be eliminated. [ARB 51, Par. 6]
The above entry will increase the carrying value of the inventory to $240,000. Eliminating
sales of $180,000 and cost of goods sold of $240,000 will increase consolidated net income
by $60,000 and income assigned to the noncontrolling interest by $6,000 ($60,000 x .10).
These changes will result in an increase in consolidated retained earnings and the amount
assigned to the noncontrolling shareholders in the consolidated balance sheet by $54,000
and $6,000, respectively.
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C7-3 (continued)
The above entry will reduce consolidated net income by $60,000 and income assigned to the
noncontrolling interest by $6,000 ($60,000 x .10). The credits to retained earnings and
noncontrolling interest are needed to bring the beginning balances into agreement with those
reported at December 31, 20X2.
No eliminations are required for balances reported at December 31, 20X3, because the
inventory has been sold to a nonaffiliate prior to year-end.
Primary citations:
ARB 43, CH 4, Par. 9
ARB 51, Par. 6
a. When the amount of unrealized inventory profits on the books of the subsidiary at the
beginning of the period is greater than the amount at the end of the period, the income
assigned to the noncontrolling interest for the period will exceed a pro rata portion of the
reported net income of the subsidiary.
b. The subsidiary apparently had less unrealized inventory profit at the end of the period
than it did at the start of the period. In addition, the parent must have had more unrealized
profit on its books at the end of the period than it did at the beginning. The negative effect of
the latter apparently offset the positive effect of the reduction in unrealized profits by the
subsidiary.
c. The most likely reason is that a substantial amount of the parent company sales was
made to its subsidiaries and the cost of goods sold on those items was eliminated in
preparing the consolidated statements.
d. A loss was recorded by the seller on an intercompany sale of inventory to an affiliate and
the purchaser continues to hold the inventory.
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a. If no intercompany sales are eliminated, the income statement may include overstated
sales revenue and cost of goods sold. The net impact on income will depend upon whether
there were more unrealized profits at the beginning or end of the year. If Ready Building does
not hold total ownership of the subsidiaries, the amount of income assigned to noncontrolling
shareholders is likely to be incorrect as well.
Inventory, current assets and total assets, retained earnings, and stockholders' equity are
likely to be overstated if inventories are sold to affiliates at a profit. If the companies pay
income taxes on their individual earnings, the amount of income tax expense also will be
overstated in the period in which unrealized profits are reported and understated in the
period in which the profits are realized.
b. Because profit margins vary considerably, the amount of unrealized profit may vary
considerably if uneven amounts of product are purchased by affiliates from period to period.
Ready Building needs to establish a formal system to monitor intercompany sales. Perhaps
the best alternative would be to establish a separate series of accounts to be used solely for
intercompany transfers. Alternatively, it may be possible to use unique shipping containers for
intercompany sales or to specifically mark the containers in some way to identify the
intercompany shipments at the time of receipt. The purchaser might then use a different type
of inventory tag or mark these units in some way when the product is received and placed in
inventory. Inventory count teams could then easily identify the product when inventories are
taken.
c. A number of factors might be considered. The most important inventory system is the one
used by the company making the intercompany purchase. When intercompany inventory
purchases are bunched at the end of the year, the amount of unrealized profit included in
ending inventory may be quite different under FIFO versus LIFO. If intercompany purchases
are placed in a LIFO inventory base, inventories may be misstated for a period of years
before the inventory is resold. Eliminating entries must be made each of the years until
resale to avoid a misstatement of assets and equities. In those cases where the
intercompany purchases are in high volume and the inventory turns over very quickly, a small
amount of inventory left at the end of the period may be immaterial and of little concern.
Typically, a parent will align inventory costing methods subsequent to a subsidiary acquisition
to avoid problems caused by differences in accounting for the same items or types of items.
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C7-5 (continued)
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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES
1. a
2. c
3. a
4. c
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2. b
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1. c
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c. Eliminating entry:
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c. Eliminating entry:
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a. Karlow Corporation reported cost of goods sold of $820,000 ($82 x 10,000 desks)
and Draw Company reported cost of goods sold of $658,000 ($94 x 7,000 desks).
b. Cost of goods sold for the consolidated entity is $574,000 ($82 x 7,000 desks).
c. Eliminating entry:
d. Eliminating entry:
e. Eliminating entry:
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Alternate computation:
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Alternate computation:
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Inventory 400,000
Cash 400,000
Purchase inventory.
Cash 300,000
Sales 300,000
Sale of inventory to Gord Corporation.
Inventory 300,000
Cash 300,000
Purchase of inventory from Trent.
Cash 360,000
Sales 360,000
Sale of inventory to nonaffiliates.
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E7-12 (continued)
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a. Eliminating entries:
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Cash 150,000
Sales 150,000
Sale of inventory to Brant Company.
Inventory 150,000
Cash 150,000
Purchase of inventory from Klon.
Cash 150,000
Sales 150,000
Sale of inventory to Torkel Company.
Inventory 150,000
Cash 150,000
Purchase of inventory from Brant.
Cash 120,000
Sales 120,000
Sale of inventory to nonaffiliates.
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E7-15* (continued)
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b. Eliminating entry:
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a. Eliminating entries:
b. 20X8 20X9
Reported net income of Level Brothers $350,000 $420,000
Unrealized profit, December 31, 20X8 (10,000) 10,000
Unrealized profit, December 31, 20X9 (50,000)
Realized net income $340,000 $380,000
Noncontrolling interest's share of ownership x .25 x .25
Income assigned to noncontrolling interest $ 85,000 $ 95,000
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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
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P7-22 (continued)
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P7-23 (continued)
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P7-25 (continued)
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a. Eliminating entries:
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Cash 6,000
Investment in Troll Corporation Stock 6,000
Record dividends from Troll: $10,000 x .60
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c. Bell Company and Troll Corporation
Consolidation Workpaper
December 31, 20X2
Bell Troll Eliminations Consol-
Item Co. Corp. Debit Credit idated
Sales 200,000 120,000 (5) 35,000
(6) 28,000 257,000
Income from Subsidiary 18,000 (1) 18,000
Credits 218,000 120,000 257,000
Cost of Goods Sold 99,800 61,000 (4) 3,400
(5) 30,800
(6) 21,500 105,100
Depreciation Expense 25,000 15,000 40,000
Interest Expense 6,000 14,000 20,000
Debits (130,800) (90,000) (165,100)
Consolidated Net Income 91,900
Income to Noncon-
trolling Interest (2) 11,680 (11,680)
Income, carry forward 87,200 30,000 92,680 55,700 80,220
Ret. Earnings, Jan. 1 230,000 50,000 (3) 50,000
(4) 2,040 227,960
Income, from above 87,200 30,000 92,680 55,700 80,220
317,200 80,000 308,180
Dividends Declared (40,000) (10,000) (1) 6,000
(2) 4,000 (40,000)
Ret. Earnings, Dec. 31,
carry forward 277,200 70,000 144,720 65,700 268,180
Cash and Accounts
Receivable 69,400 51,200 120,600
Inventory 60,000 55,000 (5) 4,200
(6) 6,500 104,300
Land 40,000 30,000 (3) 18,000 88,000
Buildings and Equipment 520,000 350,000 870,000
Investment in Troll
Corporation Stock 112,800 (1) 12,000
(3)100,800
Debits 802,200 486,200 1,182,900
Accum. Depreciation 175,000 75,000 250,000
Accounts Payable 68,800 41,200 110,000
Bonds Payable 80,000 200,000 280,000
Bond Premium 1,200 1,200
Common Stock
Bell Company 200,000 200,000
Troll Corporation 100,000 (3)100,000
Retained Earnings,
from above 277,200 70,000 144,720 65,700 268,180
Noncontrolling
Interest (4) 1,360 (2) 7,680
(3) 67 200 73,520
Credits 802,200 486,200 264,080 264,080 1,182,900
P7-28 Consolidation Workpaper
a. Eliminating entries:
Eliminating entries:
a. Eliminating entries:
Sales $265,000
Other Income 13,600
Total Income $278,600
Cost of Goods Sold $148,600
Depreciation Expense 37,000
Interest Expense 21,200
Amortization Expense 7,000
Total Expenses (213,800)
Consolidated Net Income $ 64,800
Income to Noncontrolling Interest (5,100)
Income to Controlling Interest $ 59,700
P7-30 (continued)
f. Eliminating entries:
Adjustments
and Eliminations Consol-
Pine Corp. Slim Corp. Debit Credit Idated
Assets
Cash 105,000 15,000 120,000
Plant and
Equipment, net 1,000,000 400,000 1,400,000
Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity
Accounts Payable and
Other Current
Liabilities 140,000 305,000 [3] 900
[4] 5,000
[5] 100,000
[7] 90,000 249,100
Cash $ 140,300
Accounts Receivable 140,000
Inventory 267,000
Total Current Assets $ 547,300
Buildings and Equipment $1,065,000
Less: Accumulated Depreciation (486,000) 579,000
Total Assets $1,126,300
Sales $ 693,000
Other Income 50,400
$ 743,400
Cost of Goods Sold $ 564,000
Depreciation and Amortization Expense 52,500
Other Expenses 42,000 (658,500)
Consolidated Net Income $ 84,900
Income to Noncontrolling Interest (6,600)
Income to Controlling Interest $ 78,300
[1] To eliminate Fran's investment income recognized from Brey, Brey's dividends, and
the change in the investment account during 20X9. Fran's investment is carried at
equity at December 31, 20X9, adjusted for the amortization of the differential assigned to
the machinery.
[2] To eliminate reciprocal elements as of the beginning of the year from the
investment and equity accounts and to assign the differential to machinery and goodwill.
[3] To record amortization of the fair value in excess of book value of Brey's machinery
at date of acquisition ($54,000 / 6).
[5] To eliminate intercompany profit on the sale of the warehouse by Fran to Brey.
[6] To eliminate the excess depreciation on the warehouse building sold by Fran to
Brey [($86,000 - $66,000) x 1/5 x ].
[7] To eliminate intercompany sales from Brey to Fran and the inter-company profit in
Fran's ending inventory as follows:
Cash 20,000
Dividend Income 20,000
Record dividend from Sharp Company:
$25,000 x .80