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Destin Company recently acquired several businesses and recognized goodwill in each acquis...

Destin Company recently acquired several businesses and recognized goodwill in each acquisition. Destin has allocated the resulting goodwill to its three reporting units: Sand Dollar, Salty Dog, and Baytowne.

In its annual review for goodwill impairment, Destin provides the following individual asset and liability values for each reporting unit:

 

Carrying Values

Fair Values

Sand Dollar

 

 

Tangible assets

$180,000

$190,000

Trademark

170,000

150,000

Customer list

90,000

100,000

Goodwill

120,000

?

Liabilities

(30,000)

(30,000)

Salty Dog

 

 

Tangible assets

$200,000

$200,000

Unpatented technology

170,000

125,000

Licenses

90,000

100,000

Goodwill

150,000

?

Baytowne

 

 

Tangible assets

140,000

150,000

Unpatented technology

–0–

100,000

Copyrights

50,000

80,000

Goodwill

90,000

?

The overall valuations for the entire reporting units (including goodwill) are $510,000 for Sand Dollar, $580,000 for Salty Dog, and $560,000 for Baytowne. To date, Destin has reported no goodwill impairments.

a. Which of Destin’s reporting units require both steps to test for goodwill impairment?


b. How much goodwill impairment should Destin report this year?


c. What changes to the valuations of Destin’s tangible assets and identified intangible assets should be reported based on the goodwill impairment tests?

Problems 17 through 19 should be viewed as independent situations. They are based on the following data:

Chapman Company obtains 100 percent of Abernethy Company’s stock on January 1, 2011. As of that date, Abernethy has the following trial balance:

 

Debit

Credit

Accounts payable

 

$ 50,000

Accounts receivable

$ 40,000

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

50,000

Buildings (net) (4-year life)

120,000

 

Cash and short-term investments

60,000

 

Common stock

 

250,000

Equipment (net) (5-year life)

200,000

 

Inventory

90,000

 

Land

80,000

 

Long-term liabilities (mature 12/31/14)

 

150,000

Retained earnings, 1/1/11

 

100,000

Supplies

10,000

 

Totals

$600,000

$600,000

During 2011, Abernethy reported income of $80,000 while paying dividends of $10,000. During 2012, Abernethy reported income of $110,000 while paying dividends of $30,000.

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