Corporate Reporting

On 31 December 2009, Super Ltd acquired all the issued shares of Nova Ltd. On this date, the share capital of Nova Ltd consisted of 190,000 shares paid to $1.00 per share. Other reserves and retain" rel="nofollow">ined earnin" rel="nofollow">ings at this date consisted of: General Reserve $26,000 Retain" rel="nofollow">ined earnin" rel="nofollow">ings 20,000 At 31 December 2009, all the identifiable assets and liabilities of Nova Ltd were recorded at fair value except for some plant and machin" rel="nofollow">inery. This plant and machin" rel="nofollow">inery, which cost $110,000, had a carryin" rel="nofollow">ing amount of $93,500 and a fair value of $99,500. The estimated remain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing useful life was 10 years. Adjustments for fair values are made on consolidation. Immediately after acquisition, a dividend of $12,000 was declared and paid out of retain" rel="nofollow">ined earnin" rel="nofollow">ings. Also, 1 year after acquisition, Nova Ltd used $19,000 from the general reserve on hand at acquisition date to partly pay the balance unpaid on the issued shares. The trial balances of Super Ltd and Nova Ltd at 31 December 2014 were as shown below: Super Ltd Nova Ltd Credits Share capital $500,000 $209,000 General reserve 25,000 7,000 Asset revaluation surplus 10,000 6,000 Retain" rel="nofollow">ined earnin" rel="nofollow">ings (1/1/2014) 40,000 65,000 Other components of equity 15,000 10,000 Current tax liabilities 23,000 19,000 Deferred tax liabilities 6,240 5,200 Payables 24,000 15,000 Sales revenue 423,500 130,000 Other in" rel="nofollow">income 15,000 6,000 Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment 15,000 42,000 1,096,740 514,200 Debits Income tax expense $52,000 $7,000 Dividend declared 11,000 6,000 Plant and machin" rel="nofollow">inery 450,000 344,000 Accumulated depreciation (300,000) (261,000) Motor vehicles 284,700 152,900 Accumulated depreciation (150,000) (90,000) Receivables 26,000 8,420 Fin" rel="nofollow">inancial assets 70,000 35,000 Inventory 79,440 109,000 Bank 46,900 35,990 Deferred tax assets 12,700 6,300 Shares in" rel="nofollow">in Nova Ltd 280,000 - Cost of sales 188,000 106,590 Other expenses 28,000 5,000 Carryin" rel="nofollow">ing amount of property, plant and equipment sold 18,000 49,000 1,096,740 514,200 19/02/2015 3 ACC322 Company Accountin" rel="nofollow">ing Session 1, 2015 Assignment 2 Additional in" rel="nofollow">information: (a) Durin" rel="nofollow">ing the current period, Super Ltd sold in" rel="nofollow">inventory to Nova Ltd for $22,000. This had origin" rel="nofollow">inally cost Super $18,400. Nova Ltd has, by 31 December 2014, sold half this in" rel="nofollow">inventory for $12,310. (b) Some of the items manufactured by Nova Ltd are used as plant by Super Ltd. One of the plant items held by Super Ltd at 31 December 2014 was purchased from Nova Ltd on 1 July 2010 for $26,000. It had cost Nova Ltd $19,500 to manufacture this item. Super Ltd depreciates such items at 10% per year on cost. (c) At 1 January 2014, Nova Ltd sold a machin" rel="nofollow">ine to Super Ltd for $42,000. This item had a carryin" rel="nofollow">ing amount at time of sale to Nova Ltd of $49,000. Both entities use a 8% per year on cost depreciation rate for this item. (d) On 1 November 2013, Nova Ltd sold in" rel="nofollow">inventory costin" rel="nofollow">ing $5,000 to Super Ltd at a transfer price of $9,000. On 1 September 2014, Super Ltd sold half these goods back to Nova Ltd, receivin" rel="nofollow">ing $2,500 from Nova Ltd. Of the remain" rel="nofollow">inder kept by Super Ltd, half was sold in" rel="nofollow">in October 2014 to Fade Ltd at a loss of $200 (e) The tax rate is 30%. Required: A. Prepare the acquisition analysis and consolidation journal entries for Super Ltd as at 31 December 2014. (18 Marks) B. Prepare the consolidation worksheet entries for the preparation of the consolidated fin" rel="nofollow">inancial statements by Super Ltd as at 31 December 2014. (6 Marks) Part B. (4 marks – maximum 250 words)