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On January 1, 2017, Holland Corporation paid $8 per share to a group of Zeeland Corporation shareholders to acquire 60,000 shares of Zeelands outstanding voting
On January 1, 2017, Holland Corporation paid $8 per share to a group of Zeeland Corporation
shareholders to acquire 60,000 shares of Zeelands outstanding voting stock, representing a 60
percent ownership interest. The remaining 40,000 shares of Zeeland continued to trade in the market
close to its recent average of $6.50 per share both before and after the acquisition by Holland.
Zeelands acquisition date balance sheet follows:
Current assets $ 14,000 Liabilities $ 212,000
Property and equipment (net) 268,000 Common stock 100,000
Patents 190,000 Retained earnings 160,000
$472,000 $472,000
On January 1, 2017, Holland assessed the carrying amount of Zeelands equipment (5-year
remaining life) to be undervalued by $55,000. Holland also determined that Zeeland possessed
Consideration transferred by Parflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $344,000
10% noncontrolling interest fair value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,000
Fair value of Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380,000
Book value of Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324,000
Excess fair over book value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,000
to equipment (undervalued, remaining life of 9 years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,000
to goodwill (indefinite life) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38,000
unrecorded patents (10-year remaining life) worth $285,000. Zeelands acquisition-date fair values
for its current assets and liabilities were equal to their carrying amounts. Any remaining excess of
Zeelands acquisition-date fair value over its book value was attributed to goodwill.
The companies financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2018, follow:
Holland Zeeland
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (640,500) $(428,500)
Cost of goods sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325,000 200,000
Depreciation expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,000 34,000
Amortization expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,000 21,000
Other operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,000 63,500
Equity in Zeeland earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(42,300) 0
Separate company net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (211,800) $(110,000)
Retained earnings 1/1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (820,200) $(296,500)
Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (211,800) (110,000)
Dividends declared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 30,000
Retained earnings 12/31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (982,000) $(376,500)
Current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 125,000 $ 81,500
Investment in Zeeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,500 0
Property and equipment (net) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837,000 259,000
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,000 147,500
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,673,500 $ 488,000
Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (371,500) $ (11,500)
Common stock - Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (320,000) 0
Common stock - Zeeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 (100,000)
Retained earnings 12/31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (982,000) (376,500)
Total liabilities and owners equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(1,673,500) $(488,000)
At year-end, there were no intra-entity receivables or payables.
a. Compute the amount of goodwill recognized in Hollands acquisition of Zeeland and the allocation
of goodwill to the controlling and noncontrolling interest.
b. Show how Holland determined its December 31, 2018, Investment in Zeeland account balance.
c. Prepare a worksheet to determine the amounts that should appear on Hollands December 31,
2018, consolidated financial statements.
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