Buscom Quiz 2 Midterm
Buscom Quiz 2 Midterm
Buscom Quiz 2 Midterm
Balance sheet information for Hope Corporation at January 1, 20x4, is summarized as follows:
Current assets …… P 920,000 Liabilities ……................ P 1,200,000 Plant asset ………... 1,800,000
Capital stock P10 par…. 800,000 Retained earnings……... 720,000 --------------------
--------------------- P 2,720,000 P 2,720,000 Hope’s assets and liabilities are fairly valued except for
plant assets that are undervalued by P200,000. On January 2, 20x4, Robin Corporation issues 80,000
shares of its P10 par value common stock for all of Hope’s net assets and Hope is dissolved. Market
quotations for the two stocks on this date are: Robin common: P28 Hope common: P19 Robin pays
the following fees and costs in connection with the combination: Finder’s fee, P10,000 Costs of
registering and issuing stock, P5,000 Legal and accounting fees, P6,000 Calculate any goodwill from
the business combination:
P390,000
P475,000
P 85,000
P520,000
The balance sheet of Salt Company, along with market values of its assets and liabilities, is as
follows: Salt Company Book value Market value Dr (Cr) Dr (Cr) Current assets P 2,000,000 P
1,500,000 Plant & equipment (net) 30,000,000 35,000,000 Patents 100,000 2,000,000 Completed
technology 0 10,000,000 Broader Customer base 0 16,000,000 Technically skilled workforce
3,000,000 Potentially profitable future contracts 2,000,000 Licensing agreements 0 4,000,000
Potential contracts with new customers 1,500,000 Advertising jingles 1,000,000 Future cost savings
1,800,000 Goodwill 200,000 700,000 Liabilities (28,000,000) (30,000,000) Common stock, P10 par
(1,000,000) Additional paid-in capital (5,000,000) Retained earnings 1,700,000
Pail paid P10,000,000 in cash for Salt. Three months later, it is determined that Salt’s acquisition-
date liabilities omitted a pending lawsuit valued at P2,000,000. The entry to record this information
includes
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A debit to retained earnings of P2,000,000.
Manet Corporation exchanges 150,000 shares of newly issued P1 par value common stock with a fair
market value of P25 per share for all of the outstanding P5 par value common stock of Gardner Inc
and Gardner is then dissolved. Manet paid the following costs and expenses related to the business
combination: Cost of special shareholder’s meeting to vote on the merger …............................... P
13,000 Registering and issuing securities ………………………….........................………... .. 14,000
Accounting and legal fees ……………….........................……………………...………. 9,000
Salaries of Manet’s employees assigned to the implementation of the merger……... 15,000 Cost of
closing duplicate facilities………............................……………………………. 11,000 In the
business combination of Manet and Gardner:
All the items listed above except the cost of registering and issuing the securities are capitalized.
Only the costs of closing duplicate facilities, the salaries of Manet’s employees assigned to the
merger, and the costs of the shareholders’ meeting would be treated as expense.
The costs of registering and issuing the securities are deducted from the fair market value of the
common stock used to acquire Gardner.
Pail paid P100,000,000 in cash for Salt. Three months later, Salt’s patents are determined to have
been worthless as of the date of acquisition. The entry to record this information includes