BuyCo, Inc., holds 26 percent of the outstanding shares of Marqueen Company and appropriately applies the equity method of accounting. Excess cost amortization (related to a patent) associated with this investment amounts to $10,100 per year. For 2020, Marqueen reported earnings of $120,000 and declares cash dividends of $32,000. During that year, Marqueen acquired inventory for $49,000, which it then sold to BuyCo for $70,000. At the end of 2020, BuyCo continued to hold merchandise with a transfer price of $31,000. Required:
a. What Equity in Investee Income should BuyCo report for 2012?
b. How will the intra-entity transfer affect BuyCo’s reporting in 2013?
c. If BuyCo had sold the inventory to Marqueen, how would the answers to (a) and (b) have changed?

The gilbert instrument corporation is considering replacing the wood steamer it currently uses to shape guitar sides. the steamer has 6 years of remaining life. if kept,the steamer will have depreciaiton expenses of $650 for five years and $325 for the sixthyear. its current book value is $3,575, and it can be sold on an internet auction site for$4,150 at this time. if the old steamer is not replaced, it can be sold for $800 at the endof its useful life. gilbert is considering purchasing the side steamer 3000, a higher-end steamer, whichcosts $12,000 and has an estimated useful life of 6 years with an estimated salvage value of$1,500. this steamer falls into the macrs 5-year class, so the applicable depreciationrates are 20.00%, 32.00%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. the new steamer is fasterand allows for an output expansion, so sales would rise by $2,000 per year; the newmachine's much greater efficiency would reduce operating expenses by $1,900 per year.to support the greater sales, the new machine would require that inventories increase by$2,900, but accounts payable would simultaneously increase by $700. gilbert's marginalfederal-plus-state tax rate is 40%, and its wacc is 15%.a. should it replace the old steamer? b. npv of replace = $2,083.51