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 liabili

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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 $214,000 $295,000 $207,750
Trademark 192,000    
Customer list 110,250    
Unpatented technology   183,000  
Licenses   94,000  
Copyrights     67,500
Goodwill 173,200 201,250 135,000
Liabilities (51,250)    
 

 

The total fair values for each reporting unit (including goodwill) are $613,000 for RU-1, $748,800 for RU-2, and $739,200 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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    $547,050.

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    $777,550.

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    $587,550.

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    $452,550.

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