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Pallet Corporation owns 90% of the outstanding common stock of Stealth Company.On January 1, 2011, Stealth Company issued $500,000, 12%, ten-year bonds.
On January 1, 2013, Pallet Corporation paid $412,000 for Stealth Company bonds with a par value of $400,000 and a carrying value of $393,600.Both companies use the straight-line method to amortize bond premiums and discounts.Pallet Corporation accounts for the investment using the cost method of accounting.
-Compute the noncontrolling interest in the 2013 consolidated income assuming that Pallet Corporation reported a net income of $300,000 (includes dividend income from Stealth Company) .Stealth Company reported net income of $180,000 and declared and paid cash dividends of $100,000.

• A)$18,000
• B)$17,440
• C)$17,360
• D)$18,560
• E)none of these.

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Definitions:

Lease

A contractual agreement where one party, the lessor, grants the other party, the lessee, the right to use an asset for a specified period in exchange for payment.

Discount Rate

A rate used to determine the present value of future cash flows; in monetary policy, it refers to the interest rate charged to commercial banks for loans from a central bank.

Trust Agreement

A legal document establishing a trust and outlining the rules and guidelines that the trustees must follow in managing the trust assets for the benefit of the beneficiaries.

Present Value

The worth in present terms of a sum of money due in the future or sequences of cash receipts, using a given rate of return for discounting.