Alfonso Inc. acquired 100 percent of the voting shares of BelAire Company on January 1, 2020. In exchange, Alfonso paid $548,750 in cash and issued 100,000 shares of its own $1 par value common stock. On this date, Alfonso’s stock had a fair value of $15 per share. The combination is a statutory merger with BelAire subsequently dissolved as a legal corporation. BelAire’s assets and liabilities are assigned to a new reporting unit.   The following shows fair values for the BelAire reporting unit for January 1, 2020 along with respective carrying amounts on December 31, 2021.   BelAire Reporting Unit Fair Values 1/1/20 Carrying Amounts 12/31/21 Cash $ 102,500   $ 52,500   Receivables   198,250     247,500   Inventory   235,250     262,500   Patents   821,000     898,500   Customer relationships   621,250     598,000   Equipment (net)   393,000     295,000   Goodwill   ?     484,000   Accounts payable   (126,500 )   (225,000 ) Long-term liabilities   (680,000 )   (596,000 )     Note: Parentheses indicate a credit balance.   Prepare Alfonso’s journal entry to record the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the BelAire merger on January 1, 2020. Note: Enter cash paid and cash received as two separate amounts. On December 31, 2021, Alfonso opts to forgo any goodwill impairment qualitative assessment and estimates that the total fair value of the entire BelAire reporting unit is $1,745,000. What amount of goodwill impairment, if any, should Alfonso recognize on its 2021 income statement?

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Alfonso Inc. acquired 100 percent of the voting shares of BelAire Company on January 1, 2020. In exchange, Alfonso paid $548,750 in cash and issued 100,000 shares of its own $1 par value common stock. On this date, Alfonso’s stock had a fair value of $15 per share. The combination is a statutory merger with BelAire subsequently dissolved as a legal corporation. BelAire’s assets and liabilities are assigned to a new reporting unit.

 

The following shows fair values for the BelAire reporting unit for January 1, 2020 along with respective carrying amounts on December 31, 2021.

 

BelAire Reporting Unit Fair Values
1/1/20
Carrying Amounts
12/31/21
Cash $ 102,500   $ 52,500  
Receivables   198,250     247,500  
Inventory   235,250     262,500  
Patents   821,000     898,500  
Customer relationships   621,250     598,000  
Equipment (net)   393,000     295,000  
Goodwill   ?     484,000  
Accounts payable   (126,500 )   (225,000 )
Long-term liabilities   (680,000 )   (596,000 )
 

 

Note: Parentheses indicate a credit balance.

 

  1. Prepare Alfonso’s journal entry to record the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the BelAire merger on January 1, 2020. Note: Enter cash paid and cash received as two separate amounts.

  2. On December 31, 2021, Alfonso opts to forgo any goodwill impairment qualitative assessment and estimates that the total fair value of the entire BelAire reporting unit is $1,745,000. What amount of goodwill impairment, if any, should Alfonso recognize on its 2021 income statement?

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