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On January 1,2009,Wilton Company Acquired All of Sirius Company's Common

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On January 1,2009,Wilton Company acquired all of Sirius Company's common shares,for $365,000 cash.On that date,Sirius's balance sheet appeared as follows:
The fair values of all of Sirius's assets and liabilities were equal to their book values except for inventory that had a fair value of $85,000,land that had a fair value of $60,000,and buildings and equipment that had a fair value of $250,000.Buildings and equipment have a remaining useful life of 10 years with zero salvage value.Wilton Company decided to employ push-down accounting for the acquisition.Subsequent to the combination,Sirius continued to operate as a separate company.
On January 1,2009,Wilton Company acquired all of Sirius Company's common shares,for $365,000 cash.On that date,Sirius's balance sheet appeared as follows: The fair values of all of Sirius's assets and liabilities were equal to their book values except for inventory that had a fair value of $85,000,land that had a fair value of $60,000,and buildings and equipment that had a fair value of $250,000.Buildings and equipment have a remaining useful life of 10 years with zero salvage value.Wilton Company decided to employ push-down accounting for the acquisition.Subsequent to the combination,Sirius continued to operate as a separate company.    -Based on the preceding information,the write-up of buildings and equipment will: A) increase Sirius's reported net income for 2009 by $5,000. B) decrease Sirius's reported net income for 2009 by $5,000. C) increase Sirius's reported net income for 2009 by $50,000. D) have no affect on Sirius's reported net income for 2009.
-Based on the preceding information,the write-up of buildings and equipment will:


A) increase Sirius's reported net income for 2009 by $5,000.
B) decrease Sirius's reported net income for 2009 by $5,000.
C) increase Sirius's reported net income for 2009 by $50,000.
D) have no affect on Sirius's reported net income for 2009.

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