Exam 1: Business Combinations

Pitch Co. paid $50,000 in fees to its accountants and lawyers in acquiring Slope Company. Pitch will treat the $50,000 as

On January 2, 2013, Pilates Inc. paid $900,000 for all of the outstanding common stock of Spinning Company, and dissolved Spinning Company. The carrying values for Spinning Company's assets and liabilities are recorded below. On January 2, 2013, Spinning anticipated collecting $185,000 of the recorded Accounts Receivable. Pilates entered into the acquisition because Spinning had Copyrights that Pilates wished to own, and also unrecorded patents with a fair value of $100,000. Required: Calculate the amount of goodwill that will be reported on Pilate's balance sheet as of the date of acquisition.

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. Polka Corporation exchanges 100,000 shares of newly issued $1 par value common stock with a fair market value of $20 per share for all of the outstanding $5 par value common stock of Spot Inc. and Spot is then dissolved. Polka paid the following costs and expenses related to the business combination: -In the business combination of Polka and Spot

At December 31, 2013, Pandora Incorporated issued 40,000 shares of its $20 par common stock for all the outstanding shares of the Sophocles Company. In addition, Pandora agreed to pay the owners of Sophocles an additional $200,000 if a specific contract achieved the profit levels that were targeted by the owners of Sophocles in their sale agreement. The fair value of this amount, with an agreed likelihood of occurrence and discounted to present value, is $160,000. In addition, Pandora paid $10,000 in stock issue costs, $40,000 in legal fees, and $48,000 to employees who were dedicated to this acquisition for the last three months of the year. Summarized balance sheet and fair value information for Sophocles immediately prior to the acquisition follows. Required: 1. Prepare Pandora's general journal entry for the acquisition of Sophocles assuming that Pandora's stock was trading at $35 at the date of acquisition and Sophocles dissolves as a separate legal entity. 2. Prepare Pandora's general journal entry for the acquisition of Sophocles assuming that Pandora's stock was trading at $35 at the date of acquisition and Sophocles continues as a separate legal entity. 3. Prepare Pandora's general journal entry for the acquisition of Sophocles assuming that Pandora's stock was trading at $25 at the date of acquisition and Sophocles dissolves as a separate legal entity. 4. Prepare Pandora's general journal entry for the acquisition of Sophocles assuming that Pandora's stock was trading at $25 at the date of acquisition and Sophocles survives as a separate legal entity.

On June 30, 2013, Stampol Company ceased operations and all of their assets and liabilities were purchased by Postoli Incorporated. Postoli paid $40,000 in cash to the owner of Stampol, and signed a five-year note payable to the owners of Stampol in the amount of $200,000. Their closing balance sheets as of June 30, 2013 are shown below. In the purchase agreement, both parties noted that Inventory was undervalued on the books by $10,000, and Pistoli would also take possession of a customer list with a fair value of $18,000. Pistoli paid all legal costs of the acquisition, which amounted to $7,000. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entry Postoli would record at the date of acquisition. 2. Prepare the journal entry Stampol would record at the date of acquisition.

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. Polka Corporation exchanges 100,000 shares of newly issued $1 par value common stock with a fair market value of $20 per share for all of the outstanding $5 par value common stock of Spot Inc. and Spot is then dissolved. Polka paid the following costs and expenses related to the business combination: -In reference to the FASB disclosure requirements about a business combination in the period in which the combination occurs, which of the following is correct?

Bigga Corporation purchased the net assets of Petit, Inc. on January 2, 2013 for $380,000 cash and also paid $15,000 in direct acquisition costs. Petit, Inc. was dissolved on the date of the acquisition. Petit's balance sheet on January 2, 2013 was as follows: Fair values agree with book values except for inventory, land, and equipment, which have fair values of $260,000, $35,000 and $35,000, respectively. Petit has patent rights with a fair value of $20,000. Required: Prepare Bigga's general journal entry for the cash purchase of Petit's net assets.

Following the accounting concept of a business combination, a business combination occurs when a company acquires an equity interest in another entity and has

Picasso Co. issued 5,000 shares of its $1 par common stock, valued at $100,000, to acquire shares of Seurat Company in an all-stock transaction. Picasso paid the investment bankers $35,000 and will treat the investment banker fee as

Pali Corporation exchanges 200,000 shares of newly issued $10 par value common stock with a fair market value of $40 per share for all the outstanding $5 par value common stock of Shingle Incorporated, which continues on as a legal entity. Fair value approximated book value for all assets and liabilities of Shingle. Pali paid the following costs and expenses related to the business combination: Required: Prepare the journal entries relating to the above acquisition and payments incurred by Pali, assuming all costs were paid in cash.

A business merger differs from a business consolidation because

On January 2, 2013 Carolina Clothing issued 100,000 new shares of its $5 par value common stock valued at $19 a share for all of Dakota Dressing Company's outstanding common shares in an acquisition. Carolina paid $15,000 for registering and issuing securities and $10,000 for other direct costs of the business combination. The fair value and book value of Dakota's identifiable assets and liabilities were the same. Assume Dakota Company is dissolved on the date of the acquisition. Summarized balance sheet information for both companies just before the acquisition on January 2, 2013 is as follows: Required: Prepare a balance sheet for Carolina Clothing immediately after the business combination.

Saveed Corporation purchased the net assets of Penny Inc. on January 2, 2013 for $1,690,000 cash and also paid $15,000 in direct acquisition costs. Penny dissolved as of the date of the acquisition. Penny's balance sheet on January 2, 2013 was as follows: Fair values agree with book values except for inventory, land, and equipment, which have fair values of $640,000, $140,000 and $230,000, respectively. Penny has customer contracts valued at $20,000. Required: Prepare Saveed's general journal entry for the cash purchase of Penny's net assets.

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. Polka Corporation exchanges 100,000 shares of newly issued $1 par value common stock with a fair market value of $20 per share for all of the outstanding $5 par value common stock of Spot Inc. and Spot is then dissolved. Polka paid the following costs and expenses related to the business combination: -When considering an acquisition, which of the following is NOT a method by which one company may gain control of another company?

Historically, much of the controversy concerning accounting requirements for business combinations involved the ________ method.

On January 2, 2013, Pilates Inc. paid $700,000 for all of the outstanding common stock of Spinning Company, and dissolved Spinning Company. The carrying values for Spinning Company's assets and liabilities are recorded below. On January 2, 2013, Spinning anticipated collecting $185,000 of the recorded Accounts Receivable. Pilates entered into the acquisition because Spinning had Copyrights that Pilates wished to own, and also unrecorded patents with a fair value of $100,000. Required: Calculate the amount of goodwill that will be recorded on Pilate's balance sheet as of the date of acquisition. Then record the journal entry Pilates would record on their books to record the acquisition.