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On September 1, 2014, Sunshine Ltd. acquired all the assets (with the exception of cash) and liabilities of Moonbeam Ltd. Under the terms of acquisition, Moonbeam shareholders received 3 Class A Sunshine Ltd. shares plus $2.00 cash for every four shares of Moonbeam. At the acquisition date, Sunshine's Class A shares were valued at $2.50 per share. Sunshine had agreed to cover Moonbeam's estimated liquidation costs of $10,000. The $1,500 of cash in Moonbeam's bank at the acquisition date will go towards paying these costs. The statements of financial position at the acquisition date are as follows:

                                                     Sunshine Ltd.   Moonbeam Ltd.   Cost FMV

Cash                                              $30,000             $ 1,500              $ 1,500

Accounts receivable                        52,500               28,500               26,250

Inventory                                       78,000               39,750               48,000

Property and equipment (net)          449,250             224,250              248,250

Kucey Ltd. bonds (investment)         _67,500          _27,000                 28,500

                                                     677,250          321,000        

Accounts payable                            117,000             114,000              114,000

Loan payable                                  ___-___            _60,000               60,000

                                                     117,000             174,000

Share capital issued at $1                450,000             120,000

Retained earnings                           110,250             _27,000

                                                     560,250          147,000

                                                     $ 677,250          $ 321,000

Items not reflected in Moonbeam's statement of financial position:

  • Contingent liability related to a loan guarantee was reported in the notes to the financial statements and has a fair value of $2,000.
  • Moonbeam had expensed $15,000 in research and development costs in the past year. At the acquisition date, Sunshine has determined that the value of the research in progress is $3,000.

Sunshine's statement of financial position does not include $5,000 in fees for valuation and accounting advice related to the acquisition of Moonbeam. Sunshine expects to pay these fees shortly.

Required:

a) Prepare the acquisition analysis and calculate the goodwill.

b) Prepare all the journal entries in Sunshine's books to record the acquisition of Moonbeam.

c) Prepare Sunshine's statement of financial position immediately following the acquisition.

Question 2 -

On May 1, 2013, Peat Co. purchased all of Sorbet Ltd.'s issued common shares for $630,000. At the acquisition date, Sorbet's financial statements included the following balances:

Share capital                       $400,000

Retained earnings                 210,000

Goodwill                               10,000

At the acquisition date, Sorbet's identifiable assets and liabilities were equal to their fair values, except in the case of inventory that had a book value of $80,000 and a fair value of $86,000, and equipment that had a book value of $360,000 and a fair value of $370,000. The equipment was originally purchased for $480,000. At the acquisition date, the equipment had a remaining useful life of 5 years and was amortized using the straight-line method. All the inventory that Sorbet had on hand at the acquisition date was sold by October 2013. Sorbet's goodwill has not shown indications of impairment. Both Peat and Sorbet have April 30th year-ends and did not have any intercompany sales with each other.

The financial statements for Peat and Sorbet at April 30, 2015 are presented on the following pages.

Statement of Financial Position April 30, 2015

                                                                Peat Co.              Sorbet Ltd.

Assets:

Current assets:

Cash                                                         $  52,000            $ 161,600

Accounts receivable                                    100,000              80,000

Inventory                                                  120,000              170,000

                                                                272,000              411,600

Non-current assets:

Equipment, net                                          558,000              368,000

Furniture and fixtures, net                          51,000                51,600

Investment in Sorbet Ltd.                           630,000              -

Goodwill                                                   ___-___              10,000

                                                               1,239,000            429,600

Total assets                                              $ 1,511,000         $ 841,200

Liabilities and shareholders' equity:

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable                                      $ 69,000             $  19,600

Non-current liabilities:

Loan payable                                            22,000                32,000

Total liabilities                                           91,000               51,600

Shareholders' equity:

Share capital                                            1,000,000           400,000

Retained earnings                                     420,000              389,600

                                                               1,420,000            789,600

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity      $ 1,511,000          $ 841,200

Condensed Statement of Income For the year ended April 30, 2015

                                                             Peat Co.          Sorbet Ltd.

Sales                                                     $ 250,000         $ 180,000

Expenses                                               170,000            130,000

Net income                                            $   80,000         $   50,000

Statement of Changes in Equity For the year ended April 30, 2015

                                                            Peat Co.             Sorbet Ltd.

Share capital                                         $ 1,000,000         $ 400,000

Retained earnings, May 1, 2014              340,000                    339.600

Net income                                           80,000                         50,000

Retained earnings, April 30, 2015           420,000                    389,600

Total shareholders' equity                      $ 1,420,000          $ 789,600

Required: Prepare Peat's consolidated financial statements for April 30, 2015. Ignore income taxes.

Question 3 -

On June 30, 2014, Pewter Ltd. gave 28,000 shares to Sterling Co. in exchange for 70% of Sterling's outstanding shares. At the time of the exchange, Pewter's shares had a fair value of $22.50 per share. The post-acquisition statements of financial position and Sterling's fair values are shown below.

Statement of Financial Position As of June 30, 2014

                                                                           Sterling Co.______

                                                             Pewter Ltd.       Book value      Fair Value

Assets:

Current assets:

Cash                                                      $    750,000        $     37,500          $   37,500

Accounts receivable                                 1,500,000           112,500             112,500

Inventory                                               150,000               37,500               37,500

                                                             2,400,000           187,500

Non-current assets:

Land                                                      750,000             225,000             300,000

Equipment                                              2,250,000             375,000             412,500

Accumulated amortization                        (900,000)           (112,500) 

Investment in Sterling                             630,000              __  -___

                                                             2,730,000            487,500

Total assets                                            $  5,130,000           $ 675,000

Liabilities and shareholders' equity:

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable                                    $     750,000        $     75,000            75,000

Loan payable                                          300,000                 _____

                                                             1,050,000             75,000

Shareholders' equity:

shares                                                   2,580,000             150,000

Retained earnings                                   1,500,000           450,000

                                                             4,080,000           600,000

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity    $  5,130,000      $   675,000

Required:

a) Calculate Pewter's consolidated goodwill.

b) Prepare Pewter's consolidated statement of financial position at June 30, 2014 using the entity theory method of consolidation.

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