Goodwill Maple Company is considering purchasing EKC Company. EKC's balance sheet at December 31, Year 1, is as follows: Cash $49,000 Current liabilities $51,000 Accounts receivable 71,000 Bonds payable 240,000 Inventory 110,000 Common stock 245,000 Property, plant, and equipment (net) 610,000 Retained earnings 304,000 $840,000 $840,000 On December 31, Year 1, Maple discovered the following about EKC: No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $4,700 is considered appropriate. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Maple. The FIFO inventory valuation of the December 31, Year 1, ending inventory would be $162,000. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $710,000. The company has an unrecorded patent that is worth $100,000. 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 Maple pays $1,276,300 for EKC. $ fill in the blank 1 2. Next Level Why would the book value of a company's identifiable net assets differ from its market value? All of the choices are correct