Reference no: EM132588906
Allerton Company acquires all of Deluxe Company's assets and liabilities for cash on January 1, 2018, and subsequently formally dissolves Deluxe.
At the acquisition date, the following book and fair values were available for the Deluxe Company accounts:
Book Fair
Values Values
Current assets $36,750 $36,750
Building 114,000 70,800
Land 16,000 29,500
Trademark 0 32,400
Goodwill 29,750 ?
Liabilities (61,500) (61,500)
Common stock (100,000)
Retained earnings (35,000)
Question 1: Show Allerton's entry to record its acquisition of Deluxe in its accounting records assuming the following cash exchange amounts: $147,000 and $81,000.
Question 2: Record the acquisition of Delex assuming the cash exchange of $147,000