What amount of goodwill was recorded in the


Richland Company acquires Seameyer, Inc., by issuing 20,000 shares of $1 par common stock with a market price of $25 per share on the acquisition date and paying $100,000 cash.  The assets and liabilities on Seameyer's balance sheet were valued at fair values except equipment that was undervalued by $175,000. There was also an unrecorded patent valued at $32,500, as well as an unrecorded trademark valued at $80,000.  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.

 

Richland

Seameyer

Cash

  mce_markernbsp;  130,550

mce_markernbsp; 17,300

Accounts receivable

      64,000

  116,000

Inventory

      97,000

  149,000

Property, plant, and equipment 

  1,611,050

  179,350

 

$1,902,600

$461,650

 

 

 

Accounts payable

mce_markernbsp;    31,350

$ 21,150

Salaries and taxes payable

       24,530

   36,800

Notes payable

550,000

100,000

Common stock

110,000

                 30,000

Additional paid-in capital

  850,000      

 37,500

Retained earnings

     336,720

  236,200

 

$1,902,600

$461,650

1. Compute the consolidated balance in Cash.

2. Compute consolidated common stock.

3. Compute consolidated additional paid-in capital.

What amount of goodwill was recorded in the acquisition?

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