The Assets of the Aerospace Inc On December 31st, 2013, the Fair Values of the Assets

question 75

Multiple Choice

The assets of the Aerospace Inc. (a separately incorporated entity fully owned subsidiary of ABC Transport Inc.) showed the following asset carrying values on December 31st, 2013 (in millions) : $\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Cash } & \$ 100 \\\hline \text { Accounts Receivable } & \$ 20 \\\hline \text { Inventories } & \$ 10 \\\hline \text { Property. Plant \& Equipment (net) } & \$ 200 \\\hline \text { Patents (net) } & \$ 20 \\\hline \text { Goodwill } & \$ 75 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 425 \\\hline\end{array}$
On December 31st, 2013, the fair values of the assets listed above were as follows:
$\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline \text { Cash } & \$ 100 \\\hline \text { Accounts Receivable } & \$ 15 \\\hline \text { Inventories } & \$ 25 \\\hline \text { Property. Plant \& Equipment (net) } & \$ 120 \\\hline \text { Patents (net) } & \$ 60 \\\hline & \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 320 \\\hline\end{array}$
Both ABC and Aerospace Inc. adhere to IFRS.

-Now suppose that on January 2^nd, 2014, independent research reveals that Aerospace's patents have a market value of $200. The carrying value of Aerospace's Goodwill on that date would be:

• A) Nil.
• B) $255 million.
• C) $200 million.
• D) $105 million.

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