Company P Company Uses the Equity Method to Account for Its

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Short Answer

Company P Company uses the equity method to account for its January 1, 20X1, purchase of 30% of Company S's common stock. On January 1, 20X1, the market values of Company S's FIFO inventory and land exceed their book values. How do these excesses of market values over book values affect Company P's reported equity in Company S's 20X1 earnings?

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Definitions:

Overstatement

The action of stating or estimating a quantity or value more highly than is justified by the available evidence.

Inventory Turnover

A measure of how many times a company's inventory is sold and replaced over a specific period.

Cost of Goods Sold

The direct costs attributable to the production of goods sold in a company, including materials and labor.

Average Inventory

A measure used to estimate the value of inventory over a certain period by averaging the beginning and ending inventory.