Hi,

Please help with the following exercise:

B52 Corporation's pre-tax accounting income of $726,000 for the year 2018 included the following items:

Amortization of identifiable intangibles$140,000

Depreciation of building119,000

Loss from discontinued operations46,000

Unusual, non-recurring gains157,000

Profit-sharing payments to employees69,300

Lush Industries Ltd. would like to purchase B52 Corporation. In trying to measure B52's normalized earnings for 2018, Lush determines that the building's fair value is triple the book value and that its remaining economic life is double the life that B52 is using. Lush would continue the profit-sharing payments to employees, with the payments being based on income from continuing operations before amortization and depreciation.

1. Please how to calculate the 2018 normalized earnings amount of B52 Corporation that Lush would use to calculate goodwill.