Problem
Pine Company, a computer manufacturer, owns 90% of the outstanding stock of Slider Company. On January 1, 2017, Pine sold computers to Slider for $500,000. The computers, which are inventory to Pine, had a cost to Pine of $350,000. Slider Company estimated that the computers had a useful life of six years from the date of purchase. Slider Company reported net income of $310,000, and Pine Company reported net income of $870,000 from its independent operations (including sales to affiliates) for the year ended December 31, 2017. Required: 2018: Prepare in general journal form the work paper entries necessary because of the intercompany sales in the consolidated statements workpaper for both 2017 and 2018.