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Pratt Company acquired all of Spider, Inc.’s outstanding shares on December 31, 2011, for...

Pratt Company acquired all of Spider, Inc.’s outstanding shares on December 31, 2011, for $495,000 cash. Pratt will operate Spider as a wholly owned subsidiary with a separate legal and accounting identity. Although many of Spider’s book values approximate fair values, several of its accounts have fair values that differ from book values. In addition, Spider has internally developed assets that remain unrecorded on its books. In deriving the acquisition price, Pratt assessed Spider’s fair and book value differences as follows:

 

Book Values

Fair Values

Computer software

$ 20,000

$ 70,000

Equipment

40,000

30,000

Client contracts

–0–

100,000

In-process research and development

–0–

40,000

Notes payable

(60,000)

(65,000)

At December 31, 2011, the following financial information is available for consolidation:

 

Pratt

Spider

Cash

$ 36,000

$ 18,000

Receivables  

116,000

52,000

Inventory  

140,000

90,000

Investment in Spider  

495,000

-0-

Computer software

210,000

20,000

Buildings (net)

595,000

130,000

Equipment (net)

308,000

40,000

Client contracts

–0–

–0–

Goodwill

–0–

–0–

Total assets

$ 1,900,000

$ 350,000

Accounts payable

$ (88,000)

$ (25,000)

Notes payable

(510,000)

(60,000)

Common stock

(380,000)

(100,000)

Additional paid-in capital

(170,000)

(25,000)

Retained earnings

(752,000)

(140,000)

Total liabilities and equities

$(1,900,000)

$(350,000)

Prepare a consolidated balance sheet for Pratt and Spider as of December 31, 2011.

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