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Accounting for goodwillSulley Equipment Manufacturing Co. purchased the assets of Malcom I...

Accounting for goodwill

Sulley Equipment Manufacturing Co. purchased the assets of Malcom Inc., a competitor, in 2011. It recorded goodwill of $50,000 at purchase. Because of defective machinery Malcom had produced prior to the purchase, it has been determined that all of the purchased goodwill has been permanently impaired.

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Prepare the journal entry to record the permanent impairment of the goodwill.

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