n Januarv 1 Prine, Inc., acquired 100 percent of Lydia Companys common stock for a fair value
Question:
n Januarv 1» Prine, Inc., acquired 100 percent of Lydia Company’s common stock for a fair value of $120,000,000 in cash and stock. Lydia’s assets and liabilities equaled their fair values except for its equipment, which was undervalued by $500,000 and had a 10-year remaining life.
Prine specializes in media distribution and viewed its acquisition ofLydia as a strategic move into content ownership and creation. Prine expected both cost and revenue synergies from controlling Lydia s aitistic content (a large library ofclassic movies) and its sports programming specialty video operation. Accordingly, Prine allocated Lydia’s assets and liabilities (including $50,000,000 ofgood¬ will) to a newly formed operating segment appropriately designated as a reporting unit.
The fair values of the reporting unit’s identifiable assets and liabilities through the first year of operations were as follows.
Account LO1 Cash..
Receivables (net).
Movie library (25-year life).
Broadcast licenses (indefinite life) Equipment (10-year life) ......
Current liabilities..
Long-term debt..
Fair Values 1/1
$ 215,000 525,000 40,000,000 15,000,000 20,750,000 (490,000) (6,000,000)
12/31
$ 109,000 897,000 60,000,000 20,000,000 19,000,000 (650,000) (6,250,000)
However, Lydia s assets have taken longer than anticipated to produce the expected synergies with Prine’s operations. At year-end, Prine reduced its assessment of the Lydia reporting unit’s fair value to $110,000,000.
At December 31, Prine and Lydia submitted the following balances for consolidation:
Revenues.
Operating expenses . . . Equity iri Lydia earnings Dividends paid .......
Retained earnings, 1/1 .
Cash ....
Receivables (net).
Investment in Lydia . . , Broadcast licenses Movie library.
Equipment (net)
Current liabilities Long-term debt ......
Common stock.
Prine, Inc.
$ (18,000,000) 10,350,000 (150,000) 300,000 (52,000,000) 260,000 210,000 120,070,000 350,000 365,000 136,000,000 (755,000) (22,000,000) (175,000,000)
Lydia Co.
$(12,000,000)
11,800,000 NA 80,000
(2,000,000)
109,000 897,000 NA 14,014,000 45,000,000 17,500,000
(650,000)
(7,250,000)
(67,500,000)
a. What is the relevant initial test to determine whether goodwill could be impaired?
b. At what amount should Prine record an impairment loss for its Lydia reporting unit for the year?
c. What is consolidated net income for the year?
d. What is the December 31 consolidated balance for goodwill?
e. What is the December 31 consolidated balance for broadcast licenses?
Prepare a consolidated worksheet for Prine and Lydia (Prine’s trial balance should first be adjusted for any appropriate impairment loss).
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Advanced Accounting
ISBN: 9780073379456
9th Edition
Authors: Joe Ben Hoyle, Timothy S. Doupnik, Thomas F. Schaefer, Oe Ben Hoyle