Advanced Accounting 10th Edition by Thomas Schaefer, Joe Ben Hoyle, Timothy Doupnik

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On January 1, 2009, Plymouth Corporation acquired 80 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Sander Company in exchange for $1,200,000 cash.At that time, although Sander's book value was $925,000, Plymouth assessed Sander's total business fair value at $1,500,000.Since that time, Sander has neither issued nor reacquired any shares of its own stock.
The book values of Sander's individual assets and liabilities approximated their acquisition-date fair values except for the patent account, which was undervalued by $350,000.The undervalued patents had a 5-year remaining life at the acquisition date.Any remaining excess fair value was attributed to goodwill.No goodwill impairments have occurred.
Sander regularly sells inventory to Plymouth.Below are details of the intra-entity inventory sales for the past three years:
Separate financial statements for these two companies as of December 31, 2011, follow:
a.Prepare a schedule that calculates the Equity in Earnings of Sander account balance.
b.Prepare a worksheet to arrive at consolidated figures for external reporting purposes.