Keen Inc and Lax Inc Had the Following Balance Sheets
Question 58
Question 58
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Keen Inc and Lax Inc had the following balance sheets on October 31, 2018: Cash Accounts Receivable Inventory Plant and Equipment (net) Trademark Total Assets Accounts Payable Bonds Pay able Common Shares Retained Earnings Total Labilities and Equiby Keen Inc (carry ing value) $300,000$60,000$30,000$310,000$700,000$150,000$400,000$100,000$50,000$700,000 Lax Inc (carrying value) $80,000$24,000$54,000$280,000$12,000$450,000$200,000$120,000$60,000$70,000$450,000 Lax Inc (fair value) $80,000$24,000$50,000$300,000$16,000$200,000$100,000 Assuming that Keen Purchases 80% of Lax for a consideration of $240,000, prepare (under the Entity Theory): a) the journal entry that Keen Inc. would make to record the acquisition; b) the elimination entry necessary to produce consolidated balance sheet on the acquisition date.
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