Prime Industries acquired a 70 percent interest in Suburbia Company by purchasing 14,000 of its 20,000 outstanding shares of common stock at book value of $210,000 on January 1, 2016. Suburbia reported net income in 2016 of $90,000 and in 2017 of $120,000 earned evenly throughout the respective years. Prime received $24,000 dividends from Suburbia in 2016 and $36,000 in 2017. Prime uses the equity method to record its investment.
The balance of Prime’s Investment in Suburbia account at December 31, 2017 is:
$315,000.
$210,000.
$285,000.
$297,000.