Paris, inc. owns 80 percent of the voting stock of stance, inc. the excess total fair value over book value was $75,000. any excess fair value is assigned to a franchise contract to be amortized over a 10-year period. stance holds 10 percent of the voting stock of paris and paid an amount that equaled 10 percent of the book value of paris at the time the investment was acquired. during the current year, paris reported its own net income of $200,000 before investment income from stance. paris had dividend income from stance of $20,000. at the same time, stance reported its own net income of $40,000 before investment income. stance's dividend income from paris was $5,000.
what is net income attributable to the controlling interest of paris?
a. $224,500.
b. $233,500.
c. 232,500.
d. $225,000.
e. $226,000.