Salem Co Had the Following Account Balances as of December 1

question 34

Essay

Salem Co. had the following account balances as of December 1, 2012:
Bellington Inc. transferred $1.7 million in cash and 12,000 shares of its newly issued $30 par value common stock (valued at $90 per share) to acquire all of Salem's outstanding common stock.
Assume that Bellington paid cash of $2.8 million. No stock is issued. An additional $50,000 is paid in direct combination costs.
Required:
For Goodwill, determine what balance would be included in a December 1, 2012 consolidation.

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