Question

Alomar Co., a consolidated enterprise, conducted an impairment review for each of its reporting units. In its qualitative assessment, one particular reporting unit, Sellers, emerged as a candidate for possible goodwill impairment. Sellers has recognized net assets of $780, including goodwill of $500. Seller’s fair value is assessed at $650 and includes two internally developed unrecognized intangible assets (a patent and a customer list with fair values of $150 and $50, respectively). The following table summarizes current financial information for the Sellers reporting unit:

	Carrying Amounts			Fair Values
Tangible assets, net	$	80		$	110
Recognized intangible assets, net		200			230
Goodwill		500			?
Unrecognized intangible assets		0			200
Total	$	780		$	650

1. Determine the amount of any goodwill impairment for Alomar’s Sellers reporting unit.

2. After recognition of any goodwill impairment loss, what are the reported carrying amounts for the following assets of Alomar’s reporting unit Sellers?

Answer 1

a.

Fair value of reporting unit		650.00
Fair value of net assets excluding goodwill
Tangible assets	110.00
Recognized intangibles	230.00
Unrecognized intangibles	200.00	540.00
Implied value of goodwill		110.00
Carrying value of goodwill		500.00
Goodwill impairment loss		390.00

b.

Tangible assets, net	80.00
Goodwill	110.00
Patent	0.00
Customer list	0.00