Prime Industries Acquired a 70 Percent Interest in Suburbia Company

question 37

Multiple Choice

Prime Industries acquired a 70 percent interest in Suburbia Company by purchasing 14,000 of its 20,000 outstanding shares of common stock at book value of $210,000 on January 1, 2016. Suburbia reported net income in 2016 of $90,000 and in 2017 of $120,000 earned evenly throughout the respective years. Prime received $24,000 dividends from Suburbia in 2016 and $36,000 in 2017. Prime uses the equity method to record its investment. Prime should record investment income from Suburbia during 2017 of:

• A) $36,000
• B) $120,000
• C) $84,000
• D) $48,000

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