A client of yours notified you that she just closed a deal to purchase an existing business.
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Asset List
Description Amount
Land and Building....................................................................... $1,500,000
Equipment.................................................................................... 675,000
Inventory...................................................................................... 425,000
Goodwill...................................................................................... 1,400,000
Total Purchase Price..................................................................... $4,000,000
Requirement
Prepare an email to your client explaining how the $1,500,000 should be allocated between the land and building as well as how the merchandise inventory and goodwill should be accounted for.
Goodwill
Goodwill is an important concept and terminology in accounting which means good reputation. The word goodwill is used at various places in accounting but it is recognized only at the time of a business combination. There are generally two types of...
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0132889711
1st Canadian Edition
Authors: Jeffrey Waybright, Liang Hsuan Chen, Rhonda Pyper
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