During 2020, Peerless Company's wholly- owned subsidiary, Safeco Inc. reported net income of $1,600,000 and declared and paid dividends of $600,000. Peerless acquired Safeco on January 2, 2020, at a cash cost of $8,000,000, which was $1.000.000 in excess of the book value of net assets acquired. Safeco's equipment (five-year life) was undervalued by $500,000. Its inventory, reported using FIFO, was undervalued by $200,000. The remain- ing $300.000 could not be allocated to identifiable assets and liabilities. Impairment testing indicates that
goodwill was impaired by $50,000 during 2020. Safeco's beginning inventory was sold during 2020.
Required a. Prepare the journal entries recorded by Peerless in 2020 to record the acquisition and apply the com- plete equity method. Prepare the necessary eliminating entries to consolidate the financial statements
of Peerless and Safeco at December 31, 2020.
b.
Safeco reported net income of $2,000,000 and declared and paid dividends of $800,000 in 2021. There was no further goodwill impairment. Prepare the journal entries recorded by Peerless in 2021 to apply the complete equity method. Prepare the necessary eliminating entries to consolidate the
financial statements of Peerless and Safeco at December 31, 2021.