Once again, this first consolidation entry offsets reciprocal amounts representing the subsidiary's book value as of the beginning of the current year. Sun's January 1, 2017, stockholders' equity accounts are eliminated against the book value portion of the parent's investment account. Here, though the amount eliminated is $820,000 rather than the $600,000 shown in Exhibit 3 5 for 2014. Both balances have changed during the 2014 2016 period. Sun's operations caused a S220,000 increase in retained earnings Parrot's application of the equity method created a parallel effect on its Investment in Sun Company account (the income accrual of S330.000 less dividends collected of s110,000)