Prepare the necessary journal entries on saxtons books to


Saxton Corporation purchased 25 percent of Taylor Company's voting stock on January 1, 2013, for $3 million in cash. At the date of acquisition, Taylor reported its total assets at $60 million and its total liabilities at $56 million. Investigation revealed that Taylor's plant and equipment (15-year life) was overvalued by $1.8 million and it had an unreported customer database (2-year life) valued at $500,000. Taylor declares and pays $100,000 in dividends and reports net income of $250,000 in 2016.

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Prepare the necessary journal entries on Saxton's books to report the above information for 2016 assuming Saxton uses the equity method to report its investment.

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