Pratt Company acquired all of Spider, Inc.'s outstanding shares on December 31, 2018, for $495,000 cash. Pratt

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Pratt Company acquired all of Spider, Inc.'s outstanding shares on December 31, 2018, for $495,000 cash. Pratt will operate Spider as a wholly owned subsidiary with a separate legal and accounting identity. Although many of Spider's book values approximate fair values, several of its accounts have fair values that differ from book values. In addition, Spider has internally developed assets that remain unrecorded on its books. In deriving the acquisition price, Pratt assessed Spider's fair and book value differences as follows:

________________________________ Book Values ____________ Fair Values

Computer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 70,000

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000

Client contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000

In-process research and development . . . . . . -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40,000

Notes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (60,000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (65,000)

At December 31, 2018, the following financial information is available for consolidation:

Pratt Company acquired all of Spider, Inc.'s outstanding shares on

Prepare a consolidated balance sheet for Pratt and Spider as of December 31, 2018?

Pratt Company acquired all of Spider, Inc.'s outstanding shares on


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Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 978-1259444951

13th edition

Authors: Joe Ben Hoyle, Thomas Schaefer, Timothy Doupni

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