Goodwill Valman Company is considering purchasing EKC Company. EKC's balance sheet at December 31, 2019, is as follows: Cash $54,000   Current liabilities $64,000 Accounts receivable 65,000   Bonds payable 219,000 Inventory 140,000   Common stock 350,000 Property, plant, and equipment (net) 600,000   Retained earnings 226,000   $859,000     $859,000 At December 31, 2019, Valman discovered the following about EKC: No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $4,500 is considered appropriate. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Valman. The FIFO inventory valuation of the December 31, 2019, ending inventory would be $204,000. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $720,000. 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 Valman pays $1,350,500 for EKC. $ fill in the blank

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

Cash $54,000   Current liabilities $64,000
Accounts receivable 65,000   Bonds payable 219,000
Inventory 140,000   Common stock 350,000
Property, plant, and equipment (net) 600,000   Retained earnings 226,000
  $859,000     $859,000

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

  1. No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $4,500 is considered appropriate.
  2. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Valman. The FIFO inventory valuation of the December 31, 2019, ending inventory would be $204,000.
  3. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $720,000.
  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 Valman pays $1,350,500 for EKC.

$ fill in the blank

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