Journal entries for heath cosmetics and yoder


Task: Presented below are two independent situations.

1) Heath Cosmetics acquired 15% of 200,000 shares of common stock of Van Fashion at a total cost of $13 per share on March 18, 2010. On June 30, Van declared and paid a $60,000 dividend. On December 31, Van reported net income of $122,000 for the year. At December 31, the market price of Van Fashion was $15 per share. The stock is classified as available-for-sale.

2) Yoder, Inc. obtained significant influence over Parks Corporation by buying 30% of Parks 30,000 outstanding shares of common stock at a total cost of $9 per share on January 1, 2010. On June 15, Parks declared and paid a cash dividend of $30,000. On December 31, Parks reported a net income of $80,000 for the year.

Instructions:

Prepare all the necessary journal entries for 2010 for (a) Heath Cosmetics, and (b) Yoder, Inc.

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