Chapter 2, Problem 1DYS

Jonas Tech Corporation recently acquired Innovation Plus Company. The combined firm consists of three related businesses that will serve as reporting units. In connection with the acquisition, Jonas requests your help with the following asset valuation and allocation issues. Support your answers with references to FASB ASC as appropriate.Jonas recognizes several identifiable intangibles from its acquisition of Innovation Plus. It expresses the desire to have these intangible assets written down to zero in the acquisition period.The price Jonas paid for Innovation Plus indicates that it paid a large amount for goodwill. However, Jonas worries that any future goodwill impairment may send the wrong signal to its investors about the wisdom of the Innovation Plus acquisition. Jonas thus wishes to allocate the combined goodwill of all of its reporting units to one account called Enterprise Goodwill. In this way, Jonas hopes to minimize the possibility of goodwill impairment because a decline…

Bomarks acquires an equipment from a foreign supplier on credit for $6 million on 31 March 2022, when the exchange rate was $1 = GH¢ 5. The entity incurred other direct costs of GH¢1.5 million in installing the equipment. The estimated useful life of the equipment is 10 years and the entity has obligation to restore the location to its original state after usage. The estimated cost of dismantling and restoration in 10 years is GH¢3.5 million and the entity’s cost of capital is 8%. Although the equipment was available for use from 1 May 2022, the entity did not bring it into use until 1 July, 2022. Bomarks also sold goods to a foreign customer for $3.5 million on 30 April 2022, when the exchange rate was $1 = GH¢5.75. The customer paid $1 million on 1 July when the rates were $1 = GH¢5.60. On that date, Bomarks paid half of the amount owed for the equipment. At the entity’s year-end of 31 December 2022, the closing exchange rate was $1 = GH¢5.9. The entity’s functional currency is the…

In late September 2020, Federation Construction Services Pty Ltd (FCS) acquires the following items from another entity for $600,000 cash: land, building, and equipment. In addition to the acquisition price, stamp duty of $20,000, clean-up of hazardous pollution on the land of $35,000, and safety repairs and upgrades on the equipment of $8,000 were incurred. These assets are not part of a business combination. After consulting with relevant experts, the following fair values for the acquired assets wereestimated as follows: Fair valuesLand  $350,000Building  $150,000Equipment  $250,000  The building is estimated to have a useful life of 20 years with residual value of $10,000. The economic benefits of the building are expected to be used in equal amounts over its life. The equipment is estimated to have a useful life of 10 years with residual value of $5,000. The majority of the economic benefits of the equipment are expected to be consumed in the earlier years of its useful life.…