Dwani Ltd acquired all the issued shares (cum div.) of Power Ltd for $653 000...

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Dwani Ltd acquired all the issued shares (cum div.) of Power Ltd for $653 000 on 1 January 2022. At that date, the equity of Power Ltd was recorded as follows. Share capital $ 400000 General reserve 88000 Retained earnings 90000 On 1 January 2022, the records of Power Ltd showed that the company had previously recorded a goodwill at cost of $15 000. Further, Power Ltd had a dividend payable of $25 000, the dividend to be paid in March 2022. All other assets and liabilities were carried at amounts equal to their fair values at the acquisition date, except some inventories recorded at $20 000 below their fair value. Also, Dwani ltd identified at the acquisition date a patent with a fair value of $45 000 that Power Ltd has not recorded in its own accounts.

Required Prepare the consolidation worksheet entries for Dwani Ltds group on 30 June 2022 assuming the consideration transferred was $500 000.

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