On May 28, 2018, Pesky Corporation acquired all of the
outstanding common stock of Harman, Inc., for $550 million. The
fair value of Harman's identifiable tangible and intangible assets
totaled $603 million, and the fair value of liabilities assumed by
Pesky was $177 million.
Pesky performed a goodwill impairment test at the end of its fiscal
year ended December 31, 2018. Management has provided the following
information:
Fair value of Harman, Inc. | $ | 530 | million |
Fair value of Harman's net assets (excluding goodwill) | 470 | million | |
Book value of Harman's net assets (including goodwill) | 546 | million | |
Required:
1. Determine the amount of goodwill that resulted
from the Harman acquisition.
2. Determine the amount of goodwill impairment
loss that Pesky should recognize at the end of 2018, if any.
3. If an impairment loss is required, prepare the
journal entry to record the loss.
1 ) goodwill resulted from the harman acquisition
total consideration = 550 millions
less ; fair value of net assets = 603
less ; liabilites assumed = 177 = 426 millions
124 millions
total goodwill = 124 millions
2 ) amount of goodwill impairment loss that pesky should recognize at the end of 2018
determination of implied goodwill
fair value of harman , inc = 530 millions
fair value of harman net assets = 470 millions
implied value of good will = 60 million
calculation of impairment loss
book value of good will = 124 million
implied value of goodwill = 60 million
impairment loss = 64 million
3 ) entry to record impairement loss
loss on impairment of goodwill 64 million
to good will 64 million
( to record impairment loss )
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