Assignment 1
Assignment 1
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Question 2 (10 marks)
Samantha Limited has just purchased a 40% interest in Emmet Enterprises Inc. for $4,000,000.
Samantha Limited has no other equity investments. You have been asked to advise Samantha Limited
about the accounting choices that the company might have with respect to its investment in Emmet
Enterprises Inc.
Required:
a) What options might be available if Samantha Limited was a public company and reported in
compliance with IFRS?
b) What options might be available if Samantha Limited was a private company and reported under the
Canadian Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises?
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Question 3 (20 marks)
On January 1, 2016, Pendulum Inc. acquired 10,000 of the 100,000 outstanding shares of Swing Limited
for a cash consideration of $100,000 plus brokerage charges of 2%. Pendulum elected to account for its
investment at fair value through profit and loss. On that date, Swing Limited had common shares with a
carrying value of $500,000 and retained earnings of $300,000.
A year later, Pendulum Inc. acquired an additional 20,000 shares in Swing Limited for a consideration of
$220,000 plus brokerage costs of 2%. This purchase gave Pendulum Inc. significant influence over the
operating, financing and investing activities of Swing Limited.
On June 30, 2018, immediately after Swing paid its mid-year dividend, Pendulum made a final purchase
of an additional 45,000 shares of Swing Limited at a cost of $585,000 plus brokerage costs of 2%. This
purchase gave Pendulum Inc. control over Swing Limited. Any acquisition differential arising from these
purchases was attributed to some capital assets which had an expected useful life of ten years on
January 1, 2017. Pendulum Inc. has decided to account for its investment in its subsidiary using the cost
method.
Following are the income, dividends and market value for Swing Limited for 2016, 2017 and 2018:
Year Net income Dividends December 31
Declared Market Value
2016 $ 70,000 $ 50,000 $ 11.00
2017 100,000 80,000 12.00
2018 140,000 100,000 14.00
Income was earned evenly over each year and dividends were paid in equal instalments on June 30 and
December 31 each year.
Required:
Prepare journal entries to record Pendulum’s investment in Swing and the income from the investment
for the period from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2018.
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