On January 1, 2015, Marshall Company acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common stock of Tucker Company. To acquire these shares, Marshall issued $172,750 in long-term liabilities and 23,600 shares of common stock having a par value of $1 per share but a fair value of $10 per share. Marshall paid $20,200 to accountants, lawyers, and brokers for assistance in the acquisition and another $24,000 in connection with stock issuance costs.
Prior to these transactions, the balance sheets for the two companies were as follows:
Marshall Company
Book Value Tucker Company
Book Value
Cash $ 48,000 $ 43,150
Receivables 206,000 101,850
Inventory 387,000 157,000
Land 245,000 193,000
Buildings (net) 449,000 203,000
Equipment (net) 220,000 56,250
Accounts payable (205,000) (59,250)
Long-term liabilities (446,000) (230,000)
Common stock-$1 par value (110,000)
Common stock-$20 par value (120,000)
Additional paid-in capital (360,000) 0
Retained earnings, 1/1/15 (434,000) (345,000)
Note: Parentheses indicate a credit balance.
In Marshall's appraisal of Tucker, it deemed three accounts to be undervalued on the subsidiary's books: Inventory by $5,300, Land by $34,200, and Buildings by $30,750. Marshall plans to maintain Tucker's separate legal identity and to operate Tucker as a wholly owned subsidiary.
a. Determine the amounts that Marshall Company would report in its postacquisition balance sheet. In preparing the postacquisition balance sheet, any required adjustments to income accounts from the acquisition should be closed to Marshall's retained earnings.
B. Prepare a worksheet to consolidate the balance sheets of these two companies as of January 1, 2015