On January 1, 2013, Porsche Company acquired 100% of Saab Company's stock for $450,000 cash. The fair value of Saab's identifiable net assets was $375,000 on this date. Porsche Company decided to measure goodwill impairment using comparable prices of similar businesses to estimate the fair value of the reporting unit (Saab). The information for these subsequent years is as follows:

Required:
A. For each year determine the amount of goodwill impairment, if any.
B. Prepare the workpaper entries needed each year (2014 through 2016) on the consolidating worksheet to record any goodwill impairment assuming:
1. The cost or partial equity method is used.
2. The complete equity method is used.

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Present Value of Fuaure Cash Flows Carrying Value of Saab's Fair Value of Saab's Identifiable Net AssetsIdentifiable Net Asset.s Year 2014 2015 2016 $400,000 S400,000 S350,000 S330,000 $320,000 $300,000 $340,000 $345,000 $325,000