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Principles of Accounting Volume 1

19th Edition

ISBN:9781947172685

Author:OpenStax

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Chapter14: Corporation Accounting

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 11MC: A company issued 30 shares of $.50 par value common stock for $12,000. The credit to additional...

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Albuquerque, Inc., acquired 16,000 shares of Marmon Company several years ago for $600,000. At the acquisition date, Marmon reported a book value of $710,000, and Albuquerque assessed the fair value of the noncontrolling interest at $150,000. Any excess of acquisition-date fair value over book value was assigned to broadcast licenses with indefinite lives. Since the acquisition date and until this point, Marmon has issued no additional shares. No impairment has been recognized for the broadcast licenses.

At the present time, Marmon reports $800,000 as total stockholders’ equity, which is broken down as follows:

View the following as independent situations:

a. Marmon sells 5,000 shares of previously unissued common stock to the public for $47 per share. Albuquerque purchased none of this stock. What journal entry should Albuquerque make to recognize the impact of this stock transaction?

b. Marmon sells 4,000 shares of previously unissued common stock to the public for $33 per share. Albuquerque purchased none of this stock. What journal entry should Albuquerque make to recognize the impact of this stock transaction?

Common stock ($ 10 par value)
Additional paid-in capital....
Retained earnings...
Total ..
$200,000
230,000
$800,000

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