Polk Issues Common Stock to Acquire All the Assets of the Sam

question 4

Multiple Choice

Polk issues common stock to acquire all the assets of the Sam Company on January 1, 2016.There is a contingent share agreement, which states that if the income of the Sam Division exceeds a certain level during 2016 and 2017, additional shares will be issued on January 1, 2018.The impact of issuing the additional shares is to

• A)​increase the price assigned to fixed assets.
• B)​have no effect on asset values, but to reassign the amounts assigned to equity accounts.
• C)​reduce retained earnings.
• D)​record additional goodwill.

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