Allerton Company acquires all Deluxe Companys assets and liabilities for cash on January 1, 2009, and subsequently

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Allerton Company acquires all Deluxe Company’s assets and liabilities for cash on January 1, 2009, and subsequently formally dissolves Deluxe. At the acquisition date, the following book and fair values were available for the Deluxe Company accounts:

Book Values Fair Values Current assets ..... .

. $ 60,000

$60,000 Building .....

90,000 50,000 Land.

. 10,000 20,000 Trademark....

. -0-

30,000 Goodwill.

. 15,000

?

Liabilities..

. (40,000)

(40,000)

Common stock.. . .

(100,000)

Retained earninqs..

(35,000)

Using the acquisition method, prepare Allerton’s entry to record its acquisition of Deluxe in its accounting records assuming the following cash exchange amounts:

(1) $145,000.

(2) $110,000.

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Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 9780073379456

9th Edition

Authors: Joe Ben Hoyle, Timothy S. Doupnik, Thomas F. Schaefer, Oe Ben Hoyle

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