On January 1,2023, Novak Corporation, a public company following IFRS, acquired 15,900 of the 53,000...

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On January 1,2023, Novak Corporation, a public company following IFRS, acquired 15,900 of the 53,000 outstanding common shares
of Noah Corp. for $22 per share. Noah's statement of financial position reported the following information at the date of the
acquisition:
Additional information:
On the acquisition date, the fair value is the same as the carrying amount for the assets that are not subject to depreciation
and for the liabilities.
On the acquisition date, the fair value of the assets that are subject to depreciation is $964,100. These assets had a remaining
useful life of eight years at that time.
Noah reported 2023 net income of $104,000 and paid dividends of $5,000 in December 2023.
Noah's shares are not actively traded on the stock exchange, but Novak has determined that they have a fair value of $21 per
share on December 31,2023.
(a).
(b)
Prepare the journal entries for Novak for 2023, assuming that Novak can exercise significant influence over Noah's operations.
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No
Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List all debit entries before credit entries.)
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
(To record investment purchase)
(To record dividend collected)
(To record investment income)
(To record amortization of fair value difference)
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