Chapter 1 Business Combinations

7) The balance sheets of Palisade Company and Salisbury Corporation were as follows on December 31, 2010:

Palisade

Salisbury

Current Assets

$260,000

$120,000

Equipment-net

440,000

480,000

Buildings-net

600,000

200,000

Land

100,000

200,000

Total Assets

$1,400,000

$1,000,000

Current Liabilities

100,000

120,000

Common Stock, $5 par

1,000,000

400,000

Additional paid-in Capital

100,000

280,000

Retained Earnings

200,000

200,000

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ equity

$1,400,000

$1,000,000

On January 1, 2011 Palisade issued 30,000 of its shares with a market value of $40 per share in exchange for all of Salisbury’s shares, and Salisbury was dissolved. Palisade paid $20,000 to register and issue the new common shares. It cost Palisade $50,000 in direct combination costs. Book values equal market values except that Salisbury’s land is worth $250,000.

Required:

Prepare a Palisade balance sheet after the business combination on January 1, 2011.

8) On January 2, 2011, Pilates Inc. paid $900,000 for all of the outstanding common stock of Spinning Company, and dissolved Spinning Company. The carrying values for Spinning Company’s assets and liabilities are recorded below.

Cash $200,000

Accounts Receivable 220,000

Copyrights (purchased) 400,000

Goodwill 120,000

Liabilities (180,000)

Net assets $760,000

On January 2, 2011, Spinning anticipated collecting $185,000 of the recorded Accounts Receivable. Pilates entered into the acquisition because Spinning had Copyrights that Pilates wished to own, and also unrecorded patents with a fair value of $100,000.

Required:

Calculate the amount of goodwill that will be recorded on Pilate’s balance sheet as of the date of acquisition.