On January Cayce Corporation acquired percent of Simbel Company for consideration transferred with a fair value of $ Cayce is a USbased company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, and Simbel is in Cairo, Egypt. Cayce accounts for its investment in Simbel under the initial value method. Any excess of fair value of consideration transferred over book value is attributable to undervalued land on Simbels books. Simbel had no retained earnings at the date of acquisition. The following are the financial statements for the two operations. Information for Cayce and for Simbel is in US dollars $ and Egyptian pounds E respectively.
Cayce Corporation Simbel Company
Sales $ E
Cost of goods sold
Salary expense
Rent expense
Other expenses
Dividend incomefrom Simbel
Gain on sale of building,
Net income $ E
Retained earnings, $ E
Net income
Dividends
Retained earnings, $ E
Cash and receivables $ E
Inventory
Prepaid expenses
Investment in Simbel initial value
Property, plant, and equipment net
Total assets $ E
Accounts payable $ E
Notes payabledue in
Common stock
Additional paidin capital
Retained earnings,
Total liabilities and equities $ E
Additional Information
During the first year of joint operation, Simbel reported income of E earned evenly throughout the year. Simbel declared a dividend of E to Cayce on June of that year. Simbel also declared the dividend on June
On December Simbel classified a E expenditure as a rent expense, although this payment related to prepayment of rent for the first few months of
The exchange rates for E are as follows:
January $
June
Weighted average rate for
December
June
October
Weighted average rate for
December
Required:
Translate Simbels financial statements into US dollars and prepare a consolidation worksheet for Cayce and its Egyptian subsidiary. Assume that the Egyptian pound is the subsidiarys functional currency.