Birch Company is considering purchasing EKC Company. EKC's balance sheet at December 31, 2019, is as follows: Cash $51,000   Current liabilities $56,000 Accounts receivable 76,000   Bonds payable 194,000 Inventory 130,000   Common stock 290,000 Property, plant, and equipment (net) 630,000   Retained earnings 347,000   $887,000     $887,000 At December 31, 2019, Birch discovered the following about EKC: No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $5,200 is considered appropriate. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Birch. The FIFO inventory valuation of the December 31, 2019, ending inventory would be $181,000. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $780,000. The company has an unrecorded patent that is worth $100,000. The book values of the current liabilities and bonds payable are the same as their market values. Required: 1. Compute the value of the goodwill if Birch pays $1,352,800 for EKC. $ fill in the blank 1 2. Next Level Why would the book value of a company's identifiable net assets differ from its market value? Birch Company is considering purchasing EKC Company. EKC's balance sheet at December 31, 2019, is as follows: Cash $51,000   Current liabilities $56,000 Accounts receivable 76,000   Bonds payable 194,000 Inventory 130,000   Common stock 290,000 Property, plant, and equipment (net) 630,000   Retained earnings 347,000   $887,000     $887,000 At December 31, 2019, Birch discovered the following about EKC: No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $5,200 is considered appropriate. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Birch. The FIFO inventory valuation of the December 31, 2019, ending inventory would be $181,000. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $780,000. The company has an unrecorded patent that is worth $100,000. The book values of the current liabilities and bonds payable are the same as their market values. Required: 1. Compute the value of the goodwill if Birch pays $1,352,800 for EKC. $ fill in the blank 1 2. Next Level Why would the book value of a company's identifiable net assets differ from its market value? please choose from:  Acquirer paid too much Assets listed on the balance sheet at amounts different from their market value Identifiable intangible assets may be unrecorded or undervalued All of the choices

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Birch Company is considering purchasing EKC Company. EKC's balance sheet at December 31, 2019, is as follows:

Cash $51,000   Current liabilities $56,000
Accounts receivable 76,000   Bonds payable 194,000
Inventory 130,000   Common stock 290,000
Property, plant, and equipment (net) 630,000   Retained earnings 347,000
  $887,000     $887,000

At December 31, 2019, Birch discovered the following about EKC:

  1. No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $5,200 is considered appropriate.
  2. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Birch. The FIFO inventory valuation of the December 31, 2019, ending inventory would be $181,000.
  3. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $780,000.
  4. The company has an unrecorded patent that is worth $100,000.
  5. The book values of the current liabilities and bonds payable are the same as their market values.

Required:

1. Compute the value of the goodwill if Birch pays $1,352,800 for EKC.

$ fill in the blank 1

2. Next Level Why would the book value of a company's identifiable net assets differ from its market value?

Birch Company is considering purchasing EKC Company. EKC's balance sheet at December 31, 2019, is as follows:

Cash $51,000   Current liabilities $56,000
Accounts receivable 76,000   Bonds payable 194,000
Inventory 130,000   Common stock 290,000
Property, plant, and equipment (net) 630,000   Retained earnings 347,000
  $887,000     $887,000

At December 31, 2019, Birch discovered the following about EKC:

  1. No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $5,200 is considered appropriate.
  2. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Birch. The FIFO inventory valuation of the December 31, 2019, ending inventory would be $181,000.
  3. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $780,000.
  4. The company has an unrecorded patent that is worth $100,000.
  5. The book values of the current liabilities and bonds payable are the same as their market values.

Required:

1. Compute the value of the goodwill if Birch pays $1,352,800 for EKC.

$ fill in the blank 1

2. Next Level Why would the book value of a company's identifiable net assets differ from its market value?

please choose from: 

Acquirer paid too much

Assets listed on the balance sheet at amounts different from their market value

Identifiable intangible assets may be unrecorded or undervalued

All of the choices

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