Link Ltd acquired 80% of the shares of Connect Ltd on 1 July 2012 for $115 000. At this date the equity of Connect Ltd consisted of: Share capital (100 000 shares) General reserve Retained earnings $ 80 000 2 400 29 600 All the identifiable assets and liabilities of Connect Ltd were recorded at amounts equal to their fair values except for: Carrying amount Fair value Plant (cost $65 000) $52 000 $56 000 Land 40 000 45 000 Inventory 25 000 28 000 The plant was expected to have a further useful life of 10 years. The land was sold on 1 January 2015. The inventory was all sold by 30 June 2013. Link Ltd uses the full goodwill method. The fair value of the non-controlling interest (NCI) at 1 July 2012 was $28 000. At 1 July 2012, Connect Ltd had unrecorded brands that had a fair value of $18 000. These had an indefinite life. Additional information · Connect Ltd had inventory on hand at 30 June 2014 that included inventory at cost of $8000 that had been sold to it by Link Ltd. This inventory had cost Link Ltd $6000. It was all sold by Connect Ltd by 30 June 2015. · During the 2014-15 year, Connect Ltd sold inventory to Link Ltd for $48 000. At 30 June 2015, Link Ltd still had some of this inventory on hand. This inventory had been sold to it by Connect Ltd at a profit of $4000. · On 1 January 2014, Connect Ltd sold plant to Link Ltd for $16 000. This had a carrying amount in Connect Ltd at time of sale of $12 000. Plant of this class is depreciated at 20% per annum. · Management and consultation fees derived by Link Ltd are all from Connect Ltd and represent charges for administration $1760 and technical services for the manufacturing section $2240. · All debentures issued by Connect Ltd are held by Link Ltd. · Other components of equity relate to movements in the fair values of financial assets held by the entities. Gains and losses on these financial assets are recognised in other comprehensive income. The balance of the other components of equity account at 1 July 2014 was $8000 (Link Ltd) and $6400 (Connect Ltd). · The tax rate is 30% · Financial information at 30 June 2015 of Link Ltd and its subsidiary company, Connect Ltd, is shown below. Link Ltd Connect Ltd Sales revenue $252 800 $176 000 Debenture interest 4 000 — Management and consultation fees 4 000 — Dividends 9 600 — Total revenue 270 400 176 000 Cost of sales (104 000) (68 000) Manufacturing expenses (82 000) (53 000) Depreciation on plant (12 000) (12 000) Administrative expenses (12 000) (6 400) Financial expenses (8 800) (4 000) Other expenses (11 200) (9 600) Total expenses 230 000 153 000 Profit from trading 40 400 23 000 Gains on sale of non-current assets 10 000 5 000 Profit before income tax 50 400 28 000 Income tax expense (20 000) (13 600) Profit for the year 30 400 14 400 Retained earnings at 1 July 2014 40 000 36 000 70 400 50 400 Dividend paid (8 000) (8 000) Dividend declared (8 000) (4 000) (16 000) (12 000) Retained earnings at 30 Ju ...