Pan Company issued 960,000 shares of $10 par common stock with a fair value of $20,400,000 for
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Pan Company issued 960,000 shares of $10 par common stock with a fair value of $20,400,000 for all the voting common stock of Set Company. In addition, Pan incurred the following costs:
Legal fees to arrange the business combination ............................................. $200,000
Cost of SEC registration, including accounting and legal fees .............................. 96,000
Cost of printing and issuing net stock certificates ............................................. 24,000
Indirect costs of combining, including allocated overhead and executive salaries ...... 160,000
Immediately before the acquisition in which Set Company was dissolved, Set's assets and equities were as follows (in thousands):
Book Value Fair Value
Current assets ................. $ 8,000 .............. $ 8,800
Plant assets .................... 12,000 ............... 17,600
Liabilities ....................... 2,400 ................. 2,400
Common stock ............... 16,000
Retained earnings ............. 1,600
Required
Prepare all journal entries on Pan's books to record the acquisition.
Common StockCommon stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
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Advanced Accounting
ISBN: 978-0133451863
12th edition
Authors: Floyd A. Beams, Joseph H. Anthony, Bruce Bettinghaus, Kenneth Smith