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Galaxy Ltd acquired 80% of the share capital of Moon Ltd on 1 July 2012. The following equity balances appeared in the records of Moon

Galaxy Ltd acquired 80% of the share capital of Moon Ltd on 1 July 2012. The following equity balances appeared in the records of Moon Ltd at the date of acquisition:

Share capital (210,000 shares)

$210,000

General reserve

6,100

Retained earnings

75,000

Additional information

  1. At 1 July 2012, all the identifiable assets and liabilities of Moon Ltd were recorded at fair value except for the following assets:

Carrying amount

Fair value

Land

$62,000

$80,000

Machinery (cost 135,000)

105,000

120,000

Receivable

42,000

36,000

The machinery has an expected life of 10 years, with benefits being received evenly over that period. Differences between carrying amounts and fair values are adjusted on consolidation. The land on hand at 1 July 2012 was sold on 1 March 2014 for $84,000. Any valuation reserve in relation to the land is transferred on consolidation to retained earnings. By 30 June 2013, receivables had all been collected.

  1. Galaxy Ltd uses the full goodwill method. The fair value of the non-controlling interest at 1 July 2012 was $66,000.

  1. Opening inventory of Moon Ltd includes unrealised profit of $5,000 on inventory sold by Galaxy Ltd. It was all sold by Moon Ltd during the year.

  1. During the year, intragroup sales by Moon Ltd to Galaxy Ltd were $80,000. The mark-up on cost of all sales was 25%. At 30 June 2017, Galaxy Ltds inventory included $35,000 of items acquired from Moon Ltd.

  1. On 1 January 2017, Moon Ltd sold an item of inventory to Galaxy Ltd for $18,000 at a profit before tax of $3000. Galaxy Ltd had treated this item as an addition to its machinery and depreciated at 10% p.a. straight-line.

  1. On 1 April 2017, Galaxy Ltd sold $15,000 worth of inventory to Moon Ltd. The cost of this inventory was $9000. By 30 June 2017, Moon Ltd had sold 60% of the inventory to outside entities.

  1. Some of the items manufactured by Moon Ltd are used as machinery by Galaxy Ltd. One of the machinery items held by Galaxy Ltd at 30 June 2017 was purchased from Moon Ltd on 1 January 2016. It had cost Moon Ltd $17,500 to manufacture this item and was sold to Galaxy Ltd for $25,000. Galaxy Ltd depreciates such items at 10% p.a. on cost.

  1. Management fees derived by Galaxy Ltd were all from Moon Ltd and represented charges made for administration.

  1. The tax rate is 30%.

Prepare the acquisition analysis at 1 July 2012.

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