Assigning bargain purchase gain (i.e., "negative goodwill") to controlling and noncontrolling interests Assume that on July 1, 2013, a parent company paid $1,740,000 to purchase a 75% interest in a subsidiary's voting common stock. On that date, the fair value of the 25% interest not purchased by the parent company is $575,000. The acquisition-date fair value of the identifiable net assets of the subsidiary is $2,400,000. What is the amount of goodwill assigned

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Assigning bargain purchase gain (i.e., "negative goodwill") to controlling and noncontrolling interests


Assume that on July 1, 2013, a parent company paid $1,740,000 to purchase a 75% interest in a subsidiary's voting common stock. On that date, the fair value of the 25% interest not purchased by the parent company is $575,000. The acquisition-date fair value of the identifiable net assets of the subsidiary is $2,400,000. What is the amount of goodwill assigned to the controlling and noncontrolling interests, respectively, on the acquisition date?

 

$60,000 bargain purchase gain assigned to the controlling interest and $10,000 bargain purchase gain assigned to the noncontrolling interest
 
$60,000 goodwill assigned to the controlling interest and $10,000 goodwill assigned to the noncontrolling interest
 
$35,000 bargain purchase gain assigned to the controlling interest and $35,000 bargain purchase gain assigned to the noncontrolling interest
 
$85,000 bargain purchase gain assigned to the controlling interest and $0 assigned to the noncontrolling interest

 

 
 
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