Peach Furniture has decided to purchase 65 percent of Banana Appliances Ltd for $43 million in cash.

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Peach Furniture has decided to purchase 65 percent of Banana Appliances Ltd for $43 million in cash. The two companies' balance sheets, as at acquisition date, are (in millions of dollars):

Assets Cash equivalent assets Other current assets Noncurrent assets (net) Peach Banana $m $m 112 304 432 848

Peach Furniture has evaluated all of Banana's assets and liabilities as having fair value equal to book value, except for its noncurrent assets, which Peach Furniture believes have a fair value of $33 million. Calculate the consolidated goodwill that would appear on the consolidated balance sheet at acquisition date.

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Financial Accounting An Integrated Approach

ISBN: 9780170349680

6th Edition

Authors: Ken Trotman, Michael Gibbins, Elizabeth Carson

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