Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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Chapter 12, Problem 17E
Company is considering purchasing EKC Company. EKC’s balance sheet at December 31, 2019, is as follows:
At December 31, 2019, Elm discovered the following about EKC:
- a. No allowance for uncollectible accounts has been established. An allowance of $5,000 is considered appropriate.
- b. The LIFO inventory method has been used. The FIFO inventory method would be used if EKC were purchased by Elm. The FIFO inventors-valuation of the December 31, 2019, ending inventors-would be $180,000.
- c. The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment (net) is $730,000.
- d. The company has an unrecorded patent that is worth $120,000.
- e. The book values of the current liabilities and bonds payable are the same as their market values.
Required:
1. Compute the value of the
2. Next Level Why would the book value of a company’s identifiable net assets differ from its market value?
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