Easton Company acquires 100% of the outstanding voting shares of Harris Company on January 1, 2019. To obtain these shares, Easton pays $210,000 in cash and issues 5,000 of its $10 par value common stock. On this date, Easton's stock has a fair value of $36 per share, and Harris's book value of stockholders' equity is $280,000. Easton is willing to pay $390,000 for a company with a book value for equity of $280,000 because it believes that (1) Harris buildings are undervalued by $40,000, and (2) Harris has an unrecorded patent that Easton values at $30,000. Easton considers the remaining balance sheet items to be fairly valued (no book-to-fair value difference). The remaining $40,000 of the purchase price excess over book value is ascribed to corporate synergies and other general unidentifiable intangible assets (goodwill). The January 1, 2019, balance sheets at the acquisition date follow:

a. Show the breakdown of the investment into the book value acquired, the excess of fair value over book value, and the portion of the investment representing goodwill.

b. Prepare the consolidating adjustments and the consolidated balance sheet. Identify the adjustments by whether they relate to the elimination of stockholders' equity [S] or the excess of purchase price over book value [A].

c. How will the excess of the purchase price over book value acquired be treated in years subsequent to the acquisition?

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Easton Harris Consolidating Company Company Adjustments Consolidated $ 64,000 160,000 220,000 390,000 100,000 400,000 120,000 $ 40,000 90.000 Cash... Receivables. Inventory... Investment in Harris 130.000 Land.. 60,000 110.000 Buildings, net. Equipment, not. 50,000 Total assets $1,474,000 $480,000 .....