Beaty Inc. purchased Dunbar Co. and agreed to give stockholders of Dunbar Co. 10,000 additional shares in 2016 if Dunbar Co.'s net income in 2015 is $500,000; in 2014 Dunbar Co.'s net income is $520,000. Beaty Inc. has net income for 2014 of $400,000 and has an average number of common shares outstanding for 2014 of 100,000 shares. What should Beaty report as diluted earnings per share for 2014?

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To calculate diluted earnings per share, we need to assume the conversion of potential dilutive securities, which in this case is the 10,000 additional shares that Beaty Inc. would have to issue to Dunbar Co.'s stockholders if Dunbar Co. meets the net income requirement.

Step 1: Calculate the basic earnings per share (EPS):

EPS = Net income available to common shareholders / Average number of common shares outstanding
EPS = $400,000 / 100,000 shares
EPS = $4.00

Step 2: Calculate the impact of the potential dilutive securities:

Since Dunbar Co.'s net income for 2014 ($520,000) is higher than the required net income for 2015 ($500,000), we need to assume that the 10,000 additional shares will be issued.

To calculate the impact of the additional shares, we need to use the treasury stock method. Under this method, we assume that Beaty Inc. uses the proceeds from issuing new shares to repurchase some of its own shares.

New shares issued = 10,000
Market price per share = not given, so we assume it is the same as the average market price for 2014, which is calculated below
Average market price for 2014 = not given, so we assume it is the same as the market price for year-end 2014, which is calculated below

To calculate the market price at year-end 2014, we need to use the information given about Dunbar Co.:

Dunbar Co. has a net income of $520,000 in 2014, and Beaty Inc. has purchased Dunbar Co. Beaty Inc. has agreed to issue 10,000 additional shares to Dunbar Co.'s stockholders if Dunbar Co. meets the net income requirement. This means that the additional shares are a form of compensation for Dunbar Co.'s stockholders, and we can assume that they will sell them in the market at fair value. Therefore, we can assume that the market price at year-end 2014 is the fair value of the additional shares as compensation for Dunbar Co.'s stockholders.

Fair value of additional shares = not given, so we cannot calculate the market price for 2014.

We will assume a fair value of $50 per share for the additional shares, which is a reasonable estimate based on current market conditions.

To calculate the impact of the additional shares, we need to calculate the number of shares that Beaty Inc. can repurchase with the proceeds from issuing new shares. This is calculated as follows:

Proceeds from new shares = 10,000 shares x $50 per share = $500,000
Number of shares repurchased = Proceeds from new shares / Market price per share
Number of shares repurchased = $500,000 / Market price per share

We do not know the market price per share, so we cannot calculate the number of shares repurchased. Therefore, we cannot calculate the diluted EPS using the treasury stock method.

However, we can use the minimum impact method to estimate the diluted EPS. Under this method, we assume that the additional shares are outstanding for the entire year and that the proceeds from issuing new shares are used to repurchase the minimum number of shares required to offset their dilutive effect. The minimum number of shares is calculated as follows:

Minimum number of shares = New shares issued x (1 - Tax rate) / (EPS - Incremental EPS)
Tax rate = not given, so we assume it is 40%, which is a reasonable estimate based on current tax rates
Incremental EPS = Interest on convertible debt / Average number of common shares outstanding
Interest on convertible debt = not given, so we assume it is zero

Minimum number of shares = 10,000 x (1 - 0.4) / ($4.00 - $0)
Minimum number of shares = 6,000 shares

To calculate the diluted EPS using the minimum impact method, we assume that Beaty Inc. repurchases 6,000 shares with the proceeds from issuing new shares. This reduces the number of shares outstanding to 100,000 - 6,000 = 94,000 shares.

Diluted EPS = (Net income - Preferred dividends) / (Average number of common shares outstanding + Incremental shares)
Preferred dividends = not given, so we assume they are zero
Incremental shares = Minimum number of shares = 6,000 shares

Diluted EPS = ($400,000 - $0) / (100,000 + 6,000)
Diluted EPS = $3.64

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