On January 1 2017 Holland Corporation Paid 8 Per Share
On January 1 2017 Holland Corporation Paid 8 Per Share
On January 1 2017 Holland Corporation Paid 8 Per Share
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On January 1, 2017, Holland Corporation paid $8 per share to a group of Zeeland Corporation
shareholders to acquire 60,000 shares of Zeeland's outstanding voting stock, representing a 60
percent ownership interest. The remaining 40,000 shares of Zeeland continued to trade in the
market close to its recent average of $6.50 per share both before and after the acquisition by
Holland. Zeeland's acquisition date balance sheet follows:
On January 1, 2017, Holland assessed the carrying amount of Zeeland's equipment (5-year
remaining life) to be undervalued by $55,000. Holland also determined that Zeeland possessed
unrecorded patents (10-year remaining life) worth $285,000. Zeeland's acquisition-date fair
values for its current assets and liabilities were equal to their carrying amounts. Any remaining
excess of Zeeland's acquisition-date fair value over its book value was attributed to goodwill.
The companies' financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2018, follow:
a. Compute the amount of goodwill recognized in Holland's acquisition of Zeeland and the
allocation of goodwill to the controlling and non-controlling interest.
b. Show how Holland determined its December 31, 2018, Investment in Zeeland account
balance.
c. Prepare a worksheet to determine the amounts that should appear on Holland's December
31, 2018, consolidated financial statements?
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