Purchase Company recently acquired several businesses and recognized goodwill in each acquisition. Purchase has allocated the resulting goodwill to its three reporting units: RU-1, RU-2, and RU-3. Purchase opts to skip the qualitative assessment and therefore performs a quantitative goodwill impairment review annually.   In its current-year assessment of goodwill, Purchase provides the following individual asset and liability carrying amounts for each of its reporting units:     Carrying Amounts   RU-1 RU-2 RU-3 Tangible assets $209,000 $299,000 $152,250 Trademark 220,000     Customer list 129,000     Unpatented technology   198,000   Licenses   122,000   Copyrights     55,250 Goodwill 193,800 220,850 125,500 Liabilities (31,250)         The total fair values for each reporting unit (including goodwill) are $703,050 for RU-1, $807,250 for RU-2, and $650,300 for RU-3. To date, Purchase has reported no goodwill impairments.   How much goodwill impairment should Purchase report this year for each of its reporting units?

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Purchase Company recently acquired several businesses and recognized goodwill in each acquisition. Purchase has allocated the resulting goodwill to its three reporting units: RU-1, RU-2, and RU-3. Purchase opts to skip the qualitative assessment and therefore performs a quantitative goodwill impairment review annually.

 

In its current-year assessment of goodwill, Purchase provides the following individual asset and liability carrying amounts for each of its reporting units:

 

  Carrying Amounts
  RU-1 RU-2 RU-3
Tangible assets $209,000 $299,000 $152,250
Trademark 220,000    
Customer list 129,000    
Unpatented technology   198,000  
Licenses   122,000  
Copyrights     55,250
Goodwill 193,800 220,850 125,500
Liabilities (31,250)    
 

 

The total fair values for each reporting unit (including goodwill) are $703,050 for RU-1, $807,250 for RU-2, and $650,300 for RU-3. To date, Purchase has reported no goodwill impairments.

 

How much goodwill impairment should Purchase report this year for each of its reporting units?

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