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Plaza, Inc., acquires 80 percent of the outstanding common stock of Stanford Corporation on January 1, 2018, in exchange for $912,900 cash. At the acquisition date, Stanfords total fair value, including the noncontrolling interest, was assessed at $1,141,125. Also at the acquisition date, Stanford's book value was $524,500.

Several individual items on Stanfords financial records had fair values that differed from their book values as follows:

	Book Value				Fair Value
Tradenames (indefinite life)	$	286,700			$	350,700
Property and equipment (net, 8-year remaining life)		231,200				248,800
Patent (14-year remaining life)		113,300				146,900

For internal reporting purposes, Plaza, Inc., employs the equity method to account for this investment. The following account balances are for the year ending December 31, 2018, for both companies.

	Plaza				Stanford
Revenues	$	(755,900	)		$	(746,500	)
Cost of goods sold		417,900				315,500
Depreciation expense		177,100				28,900
Amortization expense						22,500
Equity in income of Stanford		(300,000	)			0
Net income	$	(460,900	)		$	(379,600	)
Retained earnings, 1/1/18	$	(1,016,600	)		$	(422,000	)
Net income		(460,900	)			(379,600	)
Dividends declared		239,200				22,000
Retained earnings, 12/31/18	$	(1,238,300	)		$	(779,600	)
Current assets	$	685,600			$	344,300
Investment in Stanford		1,195,300				0
Tradenames		191,400				286,700
Property and equipment (net)		821,500				202,300
Patents		0				90,800
Total assets	$	2,893,800			$	924,100
Accounts payable	$	(113,300	)		$	(42,000	)
Common stock		(239,200	)			(84,000	)
Additional paid-in capital		(1,303,000	)			(18,500	)
Retained earnings (above)		(1,238,300	)			(779,600	)
Total liabilities and equities	$	(2,893,800	)		$	(924,100	)

At year-end, there were no intra-entity receivables or payables.

Prepare a worksheet to consolidate the financial statements of Plaza, Inc. and its subsidiary Stanford.

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