On January 1, 2015, NewTune Company exchanges 15,000 shares of its common stock for all of the outstanding shares of On-the-Go, Inc. Each of NewTune’s shares has a $4 par value and a $50 fair value. The fair value of the stock exchanged in the acquisition was considered equal to On-the-Go’s fair value. NewTune also paid $25,000 in stock registration and issuance costs in connection with the merger.
Several of On-the-Go’s accounts’ fair values differ from their book values on this date:
Book Values | Fair Values | |
Receivables?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ 65,000 | $ 63,000 |
Trademarks?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 95,000 | 225,000 |
Record music catalog??. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 60,000 | 180,000 |
In-process research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . | –0– | 200,000 |
Notes payable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (50,000) | (45,000) |
Precombination January 1, 2015, book values for the two companies are as follows:
NewTune | On-the-Go | |
Cash? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ 60,000 | $ 29,000 |
Receivables?? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 150,000 | 65,000 |
Trademarks.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 400,000 | 95,000 |
Record music catalog . . . . . . . . . . . | 840,000 | 60,000 |
Equipment (net). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 320,000 | 105,000 |
Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ 1,770,000 | $ 354,000 |
Accounts payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ (110,000) | $ (34,000) |
Notes payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (370,000) | (50,000) |
Common stock. .? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (400,000) | (50,000) |
Additional paid-in capital? . . . . . . . . | (30,000) | (30,000) |
Retained earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (860,000) | (190,000) |
Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $(1,770,000) |
$(354,000) |
Prepare balance sheet for a statutory merger using the acquisition method.
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