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Multiple-Choice Questions on Recording Business Combinations [AICPA Adapted]
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5. A and B Companies have been operating separately for five years. Each Company has a minimal amount of liabilities and a simple capital structure consisting solely of voting common stock.In exchange for 40 percent of its voting stock, A Company acquires 80 percent of the commonstock of B Company. This is a “tax-free” stock-for-stock exchange for tax purposes B Company’sidentifiable assets have a total net fair mar1et value of $800,000 and a total net book value of$580,000. The fair market value of the A stock used in the exchange is $700,000, and the fairvalue of the noncontrolling interest is $175,000. The
a. Zero.
b. $60,000.
c. $75,000.
cl. $295,000.
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