Question

Lucky’s Company acquires Waterview, Inc., by issuing 40,000 shares of $1 par common stock with a market price of $25 per share on the acquisition date and paying $125,000 cash. The assets and liabilities on Waterview’s balance sheet were valued at fair values except equipment that was undervalued by $300,000. There was also an unrecorded patent valued at $40,000, as well as an unrecorded trademark valued at $75,000. In addition, the agreement provided for additional consideration, valued at $60,000, if certain earnings targets were met.

The pre-acquisition balance sheets for the two companies at acquisition date are presented below.

	Lucky’s Company	Waterview, Inc.
Cash	$300,000	$260,000
Accounts receivable	250,000	135,000
Inventory	254,000	275,000
Property, plant, and equipment	2,300,000	356,500
	$3,104,000	$1,026,500
Accounts payable	$45,000	$37,500
Salaries and taxes payable	450,000	46,000
Notes payable	500,000	450,000
Common stock	250,000	60,000
Additional paid-in capital	950,000	106,500
Retained earnings	909,000	326,500
	$3,104,000	$1,026,500

1) Compute consolidated additional paid-in capital.

Answer = 1,910,000

How was 1,910,000 calculated?

Answer 1

Answer:- $1,910,000

Explanation:-

Consolidated additional paid-in capital = $950,000 +[40,000 ×($25-$1)] Consolidated additional paid-in-capital = $950,000 + (40,000 ×$24) Consolidated additional paid-in-capital = $950,000 + $960,000 Consolidated additional paid-in-capital = $1,910,000