Bullen Inc Assume That Bullen Paid a Total of $480,000 in Cash

question 46

Multiple Choice

Bullen Inc. acquired 100% of the voting common stock of Vicker Inc. on January 1, 2013. The book value and fair value of Vicker's accounts on that date (prior to creating the combination) follow, along with the book value of Bullen's accounts: $\begin{array}{lrrr}&\text { Bullen } & \text { Vicker } & \text { Vicker } \\&\text { Book } & \text { Book } & \text { Fair } \\&\text { Value } & \text { Value } & \text { Value }\\\hline\text { Retained earnings, 1/1/15 } & \mathbf{\$ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0} & \mathbf{\$ 2 4 0 , 0 0 0} & \\\text { Cash and receivables } & 170,000 & 70,000 & \mathbf{\$ 7 0 , 0 0 0} \\\text { Inventory } & 230,000 & 170,000 & 210,000 \\\text { Land } & 280,000 & 220,000 & 240,000\\\text { Buildings (net) } & 480,000 & 240,000 & 270,000 \\\text { Equipment (net) } & 120,000 & 90,000 & 90,000 \\\text { Liabilities } & 650,000 & 430,000 & 420,000 \\\text { Common stock } & 360,000 & 80,000 & \\\text { Additional paid-in capital } & 20,000 & 40,000 &\end{array}$ Assume that Bullen paid a total of $480,000 in cash for all of the shares of Vicker. In addition, Bullen paid $35,000 to a group of attorneys for their work in arranging the combination to be accounted for as an acquisition. What will be the balance in consolidated goodwill?

• A)$0.
• B)$20,000.
• C)$35,000.
• D)$55,000.
• E)$65,000.

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