Bowerbird Corporation purchased a 70% interest in Stage Corporation on June 1, 2006 at a purchase price of $390,400. On this date, Stage's book values were equal to its fair values except for an unrecorded copyright, and its stockholders' equity consisted of $290,000 of Common Stock and $210,000 of Retained Earnings. All cost-book differentials were attributed to the copyright, which had an estimated economic life of ten years.
During 2006, Stage earned $120,000 of net income earned uniformly throughout the year and paid $6,000 of dividends on March 1 and another $6,000 on September 1.
Minority interest income for 2006 is:
$36,000
$32,400
$61,200
$50,000