Purchased Goodwill Is Recognised as the Amount Of

question 41

Multiple Choice

Purchased goodwill is recognised as the amount of:

• A) The excess of the cost of acquisition incurred by an acquirer over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired.
• B) The difference between the cost of acquisition of a subsidiary and the realisable value of net assets of the subsidiary.
• C) The lower of the sum of related expenditures on advertising and promotion undertaken in the last 2 years by the subsidiary being purchased and the independent valuation of the market value of that subsidiary's goodwill.
• D) The excess of the cost of acquisition of another entity by an acquiring entity over the recoverable value of the identifiable net assets acquired.
• E) The excess of the cost of acquisition incurred by an acquirer over the fair value of the identifiable net assets and contingent liabilities acquired.

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