Allison Corporation acquired all of the outstanding voting stock of Mathias, Incorporated, on January 1, 2023, in exchange for $6,100,500 in cash. Allison intends to maintain Mathias as a wholly owned subsidiary. Both companies have December 31 fiscal year ends. At the acquisition date, Mathias's stockholders' equity was $2,055,000 including retained earnings of $1,555,000. At the acquisition date, Allison prepared the following fair-value allocation schedule for its newly acquired subsidiary: $ 6,100,500 2,055,000 $ 4,045,500 Consideration transferred Mathias stockholders' equity Excess fair over book value to unpatented technology (8-year remaining life) to patents (10-year remaining life) to increase long-term debt (undervalued, 5-year remaining life) Goodwill $888,000 2,610,000 (155,000) 3,343,000 $ 702,500 Postacquisition, Allison employs the equity method to account for its investment in Mathias. During the two years following the business combination Mathias reports the following income and dividends
Allison Corporation acquired all of the outstanding voting stock of Mathias, Incorporated, on January 1, 2023, in exchange for $6,100,500 in cash. Allison intends to maintain Mathias as a wholly owned subsidiary. Both companies have December 31 fiscal year ends. At the acquisition date, Mathias's stockholders' equity was $2,055,000 including retained earnings of $1,555,000. At the acquisition date, Allison prepared the following fair-value allocation schedule for its newly acquired subsidiary: $ 6,100,500 2,055,000 $ 4,045,500 Consideration transferred Mathias stockholders' equity Excess fair over book value to unpatented technology (8-year remaining life) to patents (10-year remaining life) to increase long-term debt (undervalued, 5-year remaining life) Goodwill $888,000 2,610,000 (155,000) 3,343,000 $ 702,500 Postacquisition, Allison employs the equity method to account for its investment in Mathias. During the two years following the business combination Mathias reports the following income and dividends
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