Buyer Company purchased Target Company for $800,000 cash. Target Company had total liabilities of $300,000. Buyer Companys

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Buyer Company purchased Target Company for $800,000 cash. Target Company had total liabilities of $300,000. Buyer Company’s assessment of the fair values it obtained when it purchased Target Company is as follows:

Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000
In-process R&D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000
Assembled workforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,000

Make the journal entry necessary to record this business acquisition.

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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324312140

16th Edition

Authors: James D. Stice, Earl K. Stice, Fred Skousen

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