Placid Lake Corporation acquired 90 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Scenic, Inc., on January 1, 2020, when Scenic had a net book value of $640,000. Any excess fair value was assigned to intangible assets and amortized at a rate of $7,000 per year. Placid Lake's 2021 net income before consideration of its relationship with Scenic (and before adjustments for intra-entity sales) was $540,000. Scenic reported net income of $350,000. Placid Lake declared $170,000 in dividends during this period; Scenic paid $64,000. At the end of 2021, selected figures from the two companies' balance sheets were as follows:

Placid Lake Corporation Scenic, Inc.
Inventory $350,000 $111,000
Land 810,000 410,000
Equipment (net) 610,000 510,000

During 2019, intra-entity sales of $180,000 (original cost of $84,000) were made. Only 30 percent of this inventory was still held within the consolidated entity at the end of 2019. In 2020, $300,000 in intra-entity sales were made with an original cost of $80,000. Of this merchandise, 40 percent had not been resold to outside parties by the end of the year.

Required:
a. What is consolidated net income for Placid Lake and its subsidiary?
b. If the intra-entity sales were upstream, how would consolidated net income be allocated to the controlling and noncontrolling interest?
c. If the intra-entity sales were downstream, how would consolidated net income be allocated to the controlling and noncontrolling interest?
d. What is the consolidated balance in the ending Inventory account?

Note: There is a minor error in the question where 2019 is used instead of 2020. This is therefore corrected to avoid confusion before answering the question. The complete question with the correction is therefore presented as follows:

Placid Lake Corporation acquired 90 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Scenic, Inc., on January 1, 2020, when Scenic had a net book value of $640,000. Any excess fair value was assigned to intangible assets and amortized at a rate of $7,000 per year. Placid Lake's 2021 net income before consideration of its relationship with Scenic (and before adjustments for intra-entity sales) was $540,000. Scenic reported net income of $350,000. Placid Lake declared $170,000 in dividends during this period; Scenic paid $64,000. At the end of 2021, selected figures from the two companies' balance sheets were as follows:

Placid Lake Corporation Scenic, Inc.

Inventory $350,000 $111,000

Land 810,000 410,000

Equipment (net) 610,000 510,000

During 2020, intra-entity sales of $180,000 (original cost of $84,000) were made. Only 30 percent of this inventory was still held within the consolidated entity at the end of 2020. In 2020, $300,000 in intra-entity sales were made with an original cost of $80,000. Of this merchandise, 40 percent had not been resold to outside parties by the end of the year.

Required:

a. What is consolidated net income for Placid Lake and its subsidiary?

b. If the intra-entity sales were upstream, how would consolidated net income be allocated to the controlling and noncontrolling interest?

c. If the intra-entity sales were downstream, how would consolidated net income be allocated to the controlling and noncontrolling interest?

d. What is the consolidated balance in the ending Inventory account?

Explanation of the answers is now given as follows:

Note: See the attached excel file for all the calculation related parts a, b, and c.

d. What is the consolidated balance in the ending Inventory account?

Unrealized gross profit, 12/31/21 (w.2. in the attached excel file) = $88,000

Consolidated balance in the ending Inventory account = Book value of Placid Lake Corporation Inventory + Book value of Scenic, Inc. Inventory - Unrealized gross profit, 12/31/21 = $350,000 + $111,000 - $88,000 = $373,000