Information has been collected regarding Orange Companys cash generating unit that includes goodwill. At 31 December 20X5,

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Information has been collected regarding Orange Company’s cash generating unit that includes goodwill. At 31 December 20X5, the assets of the Orange Company’s cash generating unit are shown as follows (in millions) on the company’s SFP:Accumulated Net Book Cost Depreclation Value $ 800 $ 0 $ 800 Goodwill Equipment 2,800 1,600 1,200 Building 4,200 1,200 3,000 Patent rights 400 160 240 $8.200 $2,960 $5.240


An impairment test indicates that the recoverable amount assigned to the assets of this CGU is $3,600 million. The assets are not separable they must be operated or sold together as a group.


Required:

1. Prepare an adjusting journal entry to record the impairment.

2. If the impairment was reversed, how would the reversal be accounted for among the assets in the cash generating unit?

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Intermediate Accounting Volume 1

ISBN: 9781260306743

7th Edition

Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, Joan E. Conrod, Elizabeth Farrell, Ingrid McLeod Dick

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