Advance Accounting Essay

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Techniques - Midterm ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Time Remaining: | | Question 1. 1. (TCO A) A company should always use the equity method to account for an investment if (Points : 5) | it has the ability to exercise significant influence and control over the operating policies of the investee. it has a controlling interest (more than 50%) of another company's stock. it owns 30% of another company's stock. the investment was made primarily to earn a return on excess cash. it does not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating policies of the investee. | Question 2. 2. (TCO A) Garrett Manufacturing owns 10% of the common stock of Timberline Corporation and used the fair-value method to account for this investment. Timberline reported a net income of $110,000 for 20X2 and paid dividends of $50,000 on October 1, 20X2. How much income should Garrett recognize on this investment in 20X2? (Points : 5) | $50,000 $16,500 $25,500 $7,500 $5,000 | Question 3. 3. (TCO A) Under the equity method, when the company's share of cumulative losses equals its investment and the company has no obligation to fund such additional losses, which of the following statements is true? (Points : 5) | The investor should change to the fair-value method to account for its investment. The investor should report these losses as extraordinary items. The investor should suspend applying the equity method until the investee reports income. The investor should suspend applying the equity method and not record any equity in income of investee until its share of future profits is sufficient to recover losses that have not previously been recorded. The cumulative losses should be reported as a

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