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BuyCo, Inc. holds 22 percent of the outstanding shares ofMarqueen company and appropriately applies the equity method ofaccounting. Excess cost amortization (related to a patent)associated with this investment amounts to $11,700 per year. For2017, Marqueen reported earnings of $116,000 and declares cashdividends of $34,000. During that year, Marqueen acquired inventoryfor $45,000, which it then sold to BuyCo for $90,000. At the end of2017, BuyCo continued to hold merchandise with a transfer price of$26,000.

  1. What Equity in Investee Income should BuyCo report for 2017?

  2. How will the intra-entity transfer affect BuyCo's reporting in2018?

  3. If BuyCo had sold the inventory to Marqueen, how would theanswers to (a) and (b) have changed?

  4. a.Equity in investee income
    b.Equity accrual for 2018 will beYes or No  
    c.If the inventory was sold,would your answers above change?Yes or No

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Ans a Equity in investee income 10960 b Equity accrual for 2018 will be Yes increased by 2860 c If the inventory was sold would your answer above change No CalculationFeedback a Equity in investee    See Answer
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