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On January 1, 2016, Aspen Company acquired 80 percent of Birch Company's voting stock for $480,000....

On January 1, 2016, Aspen Company acquired 80 percent of Birch Company's voting stock for $480,000. Birch reported a $495,000 book value and the fair value of the noncontrolling interest was $120,000 on that date. Then, on January 1, 2017, Birch acquired 80 percent of Cedar Company for $168,000 when Cedar had a $165,000 book value and the 20 percent noncontrolling interest was valued at $42,000. In each acquisition, the subsidiary's excess acquisition-date fair over book value was assigned to a trade name with a 30-year remaining life.

These companies report the following financial information. Investment income figures are not included.   

2016 2017 2018
Sales:
Aspen Company $ 472,500 $ 645,000 $ 850,000
Birch Company 262,250 337,500 607,300
Cedar Company Not available 233,800 251,600
Expenses:
Aspen Company $ 397,500 $ 642,500 $ 690,000
Birch Company 205,000 267,000 520,000
Cedar Company Not available 219,000 219,000
Dividends declared:
Aspen Company $ 20,000 $ 35,000 $ 45,000
Birch Company 15,000 15,000 15,000
Cedar Company Not available 3,000 8,000

Assume that Birch made intra-entity inventory transfers to Aspen that have resulted in the following intra-entity gross profits in inventory at the end of each year:

Date Amount
12/31/16 $15,500
12/31/17 16,700
12/31/18 33,600

What is the accrual-based net income of Birch in 2017 and 2018, respectively?

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