Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s) Below -In the Business Combination of Polka and Spot,
A)all of

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Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.

Polka Corporation exchanges 100,000 shares of newly issued $1 par value common stock with a fair market value of $20 per share for all of the outstanding $5 par value common stock of Spot Inc. and Spot is then dissolved. Polka paid the following costs and expenses related to the business combination: $\begin{array}{lr}\text { Costs of special shareholders' meeting } & \\\quad \text { to vote on the merger } & \$ 12,000 \\\text { Registering and issuing securities } & 10,000 \\\text { Accounting and legal fees } & 18,000 \\\text { Salaries of Polka's employees assigned } & \\\quad \text { to the implementation of the merger } & 27,000 \\\text { Cost of closing duplicate facilities } & 13,000\end{array}$

-In the business combination of Polka and Spot,

• A)all of the items listed above are treated as expenses.
• B)all of the items listed above except the cost of registering and issuing the securities are included in the purchase price.
• C)the costs of registering and issuing the securities are deducted from the fair market value of the common stock used to acquire Spot.
• D)only the costs of closing duplicate facilities,the salaries of Polka's employees assigned to the merger,and the costs of the shareholders' meeting would be treated as expenses.

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