Question

Scissor Corporation holds assets with a fair value of $150,000 and a book value of $125,000 and liabilities with a book value and fair value of $50,000. What balance will be assigned to the noncontrolling interest in the consolidated balance sheet if Paper Company pays $90,000 to acquire 75 percent ownership in Scissor and goodwill of $20,000 is reported

Answer 1

$30,000

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the scenario, computation of the given data are as follow:-

We can calculate the non-controlling interest by using following formula:-

Equity’s Fair Value = Assets Fair Value - Liabilities Fair Value

= $150,000 - $50,000

= $100,000

Paper pays $75,000 for 75% equity and $15,000 for acquire 75% of goodwill.

Non Controlling Interest (In Consolidated Balance Sheet)

=100% - 75% × ( Equity’s Fair Value + Goodwill)

= 25% × ($100,000+$20,000)

= 0.25 × $120,000

= $30,000