Goodwill Birch Company is considering purchasing EKC Company. EKC's balance sheet at December 31, 2019, is as follows: Cash $59,000 Current liabilities $61,000 Accounts receivable Inventory 79,000 120,000 Bonds payable 235,000 Common stock 350,000 Property, plant, and equipment (net) 650,000 Retained earnings 262,000 $908,000 $908,000 At December 31, 2019, Birch discovered the following about EKC: a. No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $4,900 is considered appropriate. b. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Birch. The FIFO inventory valuation of the December 31, 2019, ending inventory would be $171,000. c. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $770,000. d. The company has an unrecorded patent that is worth $100,000. e. The book values of the current liabilities and bonds payable are the same as their market values. Required: 1. Compute the value of the goodwill if Birch pays $1,308,100 for EKC. 2. Next Level Why would the book value of a company's identifiable net assets differ from its market value?