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Bullen Inc -Assume That Bullen Paid a Total of $480,000 in Cash

Multiple Choice

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Bullen Inc. acquired 100% of the voting common stock of Vicker Inc. on January 1, 20X1. The book value and fair value of Vicker's accounts on that date (prior to creating the combination) follow, along with the book value of Bullen's accounts: $\begin{array}{lrrr}&\text { Bullen } & \text { Vicker } & \text { Vicker } \\&\text { Book } & \text { Book } & \text { Fair } \\&\text { Value } & \text { Value } & \text { Value }\\\text { Retained earnings, 1/1/X1 } & \$ 250,000 & \$ 240,000 & \\\text { Cash and receivables } & 170,000 & 70,000 & \$ 70,000 \\\text { Inventory } & 230,000 & 170,000 & 210,000 \\\text { Land } & 280,000 & 220,000 & 240,000\\\text { Buildings (net) } & 480,000 & 240,000 & 270,000 \\\text { Equipment (net) } & 120,000 & 90,000 & 90,000 \\\text { Liabilities } & 650,000 & 430,000 & 420,000 \\\text { Common stock } & 360,000 & 80,000 & \\\text { Additional paid-in capital } & 20,000 & 40,000 &\end{array}$
-Assume that Bullen paid a total of $480,000 in cash for all of the shares of Vicker. In addition, Bullen paid $35,000 for secretarial and management time allocated to the acquisition transaction. What will be the balance in consolidated goodwill?

A) $0.
B) $20,000.
C) $35,000.
D) $55,000.