Question - On January 1, 2011, Morey, Inc., exchanged $178,000 for 25 percent of Amsterdam Corporation. Morey appropriately applied the equity method to this investment. At January 1, the book values of Amsterdam's assets and liabilities approximated their fair values.
On June 30, 2011, Morey paid $560,000 for an additional 70 percent of Amsterdam, thus increasing its overall ownership to 95 percent. The price paid for the 70 percent acquisition was proportionate to Amsterdam's total fair value. At June 30, the carrying values of Amsterdam's assets and liabilities approximated their fair values. Any remaining excess fair value was attributed to goodwill.
Amsterdam reports the following amounts at December 31, 2011 (credit balances shown in parentheses):
Revenues $ (210,000)
Expenses 140,000
Retained earnings, January 1 (200,000)
Dividends, October 1 20,000
Common stock (500,000)
Using the acquisition method, calculate the noncontrolling interest amount reported by Morey on its June 30 and December 31 consolidated balance sheet?