Pep Company paid $99,000 for a 90 percent interest in Sim on January 5, 2011, when Sim’s capital stock was $60,000 and its retained earnings $20,000. Trial balances for the companies at December 31,...

Pep Company paid $99,000 for a 90 percent interest in Sim on January 5, 2011, when Sim’s capital stock was $60,000 and its retained earnings $20,000. Trial balances for the companies at December 31, 2014, are as follows (in thousands):



The excess fair value over book value acquired was assigned $10,000 to undervalued inventory items that were sold in 2011 and the remainder to patents having a remaining useful life of 10 years from January 1, 2011.
REQUIRED
1. Summarize the changes in Pep Company’s Investment in Sim account from January 5, 2011, through December 31, 2014.
2. Prepare consolidation workpapers for Pep Company and Sim for 2014 using the trial balance approach for yourworkpapers.