On July 1, Winter Inc. paid $50,000,000 by cash to acquire summer Inc. Summer Inc. was dissolved

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On July 1, Winter Inc. paid $50,000,000 by cash to acquire summer Inc. Summer Inc. was dissolved after the acquisition. The information of summer Inc. net assets fair value is as follows (in thousands):
January 1 July 1 $10,000 $12,000 cash $20,000 S15,000 Accounts receivable $25,000 S32,000 inventories $40,000 $40,000 Pl

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Calculate the goodwill or the gain from bargain purchase of the business combination.

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 Reporting And Analysis

ISBN: 9781260247848

8th Edition

Authors: Lawrence Revsine, Daniel Collins, Bruce Johnson, Fred Mittelstaedt, Leonard Soffer

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