On January 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 of Lydia as a strategic move into content ownership and creation. Prine expected both cost and revenue synergies from controlling Lydia’s artistic content (a large library of classic movies) and its sports programming specialty video operation. Accordingly, Prine allocated Lydia’s assets and liabilities (including \($50,000,000\) of goodwill) 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.

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?

f. 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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Account 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 12/31 $ 215,000 $ 109,000 525,000 897,000 40,000,000 60,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000 20,750,000 19,000,000 (490,000) (650,000) (6,000,000) (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 in Lydia earnings Dividends paid Retained earnings, 1/1 Cash Receivables (net) Investment in Lydia Broadcast licenses. Movie library... Equipment (net) Prine, Inc. $ (18,000,000) Lydia Co. $(12,000,000) 10,350,000 11,800,000 (150,000) NA 300,000 80,000 (52,000,000) (2,000,000) 260,000 109,000 210,000 897,000 120,070,000 NA 350,000 14,014,000 365,000 45,000,000 136,000,000 17,500,000 (755,000) (650,000) (22,000,000) (7,250,000) (67,500,000) Current liabilities Long-term debt Common stock (175,000,000)