Alex, Inc., buys 30 percent of Steinbart Company on January 1, 2020, for $762,000. The equity method of accounting is to be used. Steinbart’s net assets on that date were $2.30 million. Any excess of cost over book value is attributable to a trade name with a 20-year remaining life. Steinbart immediately begins supplying inventory to Alex as follows:   Year Cost to Steinbart Transfer Price Amount Held by Alex at Year-End (at transfer price) 2020 $202,160 $266,000 $66,500 2021 117,990 171,000 52,000     Inventory held at the end of one year by Alex is sold at the beginning of the next. Steinbart reports net income of $95,500 in 2020 and $130,300 in 2021 and declares $30,000 in dividends each year. What is the equity income in Steinbart to be reported by Alex in 2021?

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Alex, Inc., buys 30 percent of Steinbart Company on January 1, 2020, for $762,000. The equity method of accounting is to be used. Steinbart’s net assets on that date were $2.30 million. Any excess of cost over book value is attributable to a trade name with a 20-year remaining life. Steinbart immediately begins supplying inventory to Alex as follows:

 

Year Cost to Steinbart Transfer Price Amount Held by Alex
at Year-End
(at transfer price)
2020 $202,160 $266,000 $66,500
2021 117,990 171,000 52,000
 

 

Inventory held at the end of one year by Alex is sold at the beginning of the next.

Steinbart reports net income of $95,500 in 2020 and $130,300 in 2021 and declares $30,000 in dividends each year. What is the equity income in Steinbart to be reported by Alex in 2021?

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