On January 1, 2018 Casey Corporation exchanged $3,300,000 cash for 100 percent of the outstanding voting stock

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On January 1, 2018 Casey Corporation exchanged $3,300,000 cash for 100 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Kennedy Corporation. Casey plans to maintain Kennedy as a wholly owned subsidiary with separate legal status and accounting information systems. At the acquisition date, Casey prepared the following fair-value allocation schedule:

Fair value of Kennedy (consideration transferred) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,300,000

Carrying amount acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,600,000

Excess fair value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 700,000

To buildings (undervalued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 382,000

To licensing agreements (overvalued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (108,000). . . . . . .. 274,000

To goodwill (indefinite life) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 426,000

Immediately after closing the transaction, Casey and Kennedy prepared the following post acquisition balance sheets from their separate financial records.

On January 1, 2018 Casey Corporation exchanged $3,300,000 cash for

Prepare an acquisition-date consolidated balance sheet for Casey Corporation and its subsidiary Kennedy Corporation?

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Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 978-1259444951

13th edition

Authors: Joe Ben Hoyle, Thomas Schaefer, Timothy Doupni

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