Destin Company recently acquired several businesses and recognized goodwill in each acquisition. Destin has allocated the resulting goodwill to its three reporting units: Sand Dollar, Salty Dog, and Baytowne. Destin opts to skip the qualitative assessment and therefore performs a quantitative goodwill impairment review annually.   In its current year assessment of goodwill, Destin provides the following individual asset and liability values for each reporting unit:     Carrying Amounts Fair Values Sand Dollar             Tangible assets $ 242,000   $ 260,000   Trademark   216,000     191,600   Customer list   133,500     143,800   Goodwill   181,500     ?   Liabilities   (52,500 )   (52,500 ) Salty Dog             Tangible assets $ 239,000   $ 239,000   Unpatented technology   249,000     195,750   Licenses   102,500     112,900   Goodwill   199,400     ?   Baytowne             Tangible assets $ 156,000   $ 174,300   Unpatented technology   0     165,750   Copyrights   50,750     83,850   Goodwill   101,500     ?       The fair values for each reporting unit (including goodwill) are $697,400 for Sand Dollar, $753,650 for Salty Dog, and $689,900 for Baytowne. To date, Destin has reported no goodwill impairments.   Determine which of Destin’s reporting units require both steps to test for goodwill impairment. How much goodwill impairment should Destin report this year?

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Destin Company recently acquired several businesses and recognized goodwill in each acquisition. Destin has allocated the resulting goodwill to its three reporting units: Sand Dollar, Salty Dog, and Baytowne. Destin opts to skip the qualitative assessment and therefore performs a quantitative goodwill impairment review annually.

 

In its current year assessment of goodwill, Destin provides the following individual asset and liability values for each reporting unit:

 

  Carrying Amounts Fair Values
Sand Dollar            
Tangible assets $ 242,000   $ 260,000  
Trademark   216,000     191,600  
Customer list   133,500     143,800  
Goodwill   181,500     ?  
Liabilities   (52,500 )   (52,500 )
Salty Dog            
Tangible assets $ 239,000   $ 239,000  
Unpatented technology   249,000     195,750  
Licenses   102,500     112,900  
Goodwill   199,400     ?  
Baytowne            
Tangible assets $ 156,000   $ 174,300  
Unpatented technology   0     165,750  
Copyrights   50,750     83,850  
Goodwill   101,500     ?  
 

 

The fair values for each reporting unit (including goodwill) are $697,400 for Sand Dollar, $753,650 for Salty Dog, and $689,900 for Baytowne. To date, Destin has reported no goodwill impairments.

 

  1. Determine which of Destin’s reporting units require both steps to test for goodwill impairment.

  2. How much goodwill impairment should Destin report this year?

 

 

 

 

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