Sandhawalia Inc. (SI) sold a division of its business in 2017 for $2,700,000 cash and a $1,800,000,

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Sandhawalia Inc. (SI) sold a division of its business in 2017 for $2,700,000 cash and a $1,800,000, 4% note repayable in annual installments of $495,882. The interest rate charged approximated the market rate of interest for similar transactions. Other pertinent details follow:

Tangible assets sold Land Building and equipment Net book value Fair value Cost $1,000,000 1,200,000 $1,000,000 750,000


When SI acquired the division in 2010, $310,000 of the purchase price was allocated to goodwill. In 2011, the value of the cash generating unit was found to be impaired and $85,000 of goodwill was written off.
SI was granted a copyright in 2012 for original material produced by the company. The immaterial costs of obtaining the copyright were expensed at the time. In 2014, SI spent $240,000 to successfully defend the copyright. At the time of the defence, the remaining expected useful life of the copyright was 12 years. SI records a full year of depreciation expense in the year of origination but none in the year of disposal. The estimated fair value of the copyright at time of the sale was $850,000.


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Prepare the journal entry to record the sale of the assets assuming that Sandhawalia Inc. uses the net method to record intangibles. Segregate the gain or loss on the sale into its component parts, for example, arising from the sale of the land.

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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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 9787300071374

3rd Edition Vol. 1

Authors: Kin Lo, George Fisher

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