Sontag Corporation’s net assets have fair values as described below.   Fair Value Current assets $250,000 Land 800,000 Buildings and equipment 1,000,000 Loans payable (300,000)   The Pratt Company pays $3,000,000 for Sontag Corporation, and records the acquisition as a merger. Pratt Company determines that identifiable intangibles valued at $1,500,000, not previously reported on Sontag’s books, also are recognized as acquired assets.  Required  a. Prepare a schedule to calculate the gain on acquisition.  Use a negative sign with any answer that reduces the fair value of net assets (left column only). Price paid     Answer   Fair value of identifiable net assets:       Current assets   250,000   Land   Answer     Buildings and equipment   Answer     Identifiable intangibles   Answer     Loans payable   Answer   Answer   Gain on acquisition     Answer

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Sontag Corporation’s net assets have fair values as described below.

  Fair Value
Current assets $250,000
Land 800,000
Buildings and equipment 1,000,000
Loans payable (300,000)

 

The Pratt Company pays $3,000,000 for Sontag Corporation, and records the acquisition as a merger. Pratt Company determines that identifiable intangibles valued at $1,500,000, not previously reported on Sontag’s books, also are recognized as acquired assets. 

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a. Prepare a schedule to calculate the gain on acquisition. 

Use a negative sign with any answer that reduces the fair value of net assets (left column only).

Price paid     Answer
 
Fair value of identifiable net assets:      
Current assets   250,000  
Land   Answer
 
 
Buildings and equipment   Answer
 
 
Identifiable intangibles   Answer
 
 
Loans payable   Answer
 
Answer
 
Gain on acquisition     Answer
 
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