King's Road recently acquired all of Oxford Corporation's stock and is now consolidating the financial data of

Question:

King's Road recently acquired all of Oxford Corporation's stock and is now consolidating the financial data of this new subsidiary. King's Road paid a total of $850,000 for Oxford, which has the following accounts:

a. What amount of deferred tax liability arises in the acquisition?
b. What amounts will be used to consolidate Oxford with King's Road at the date of acquisition?
c. On a consolidated balance sheet prepared immediately after this takeover, how much goodwill should King's Road recognize? Assume a 40 percent effective tax rate.

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