Purchase Company recently acquired several businesses and recognized goodwill in each acquisition. Purchase has allocated the resulting goodwill to its three reporting units: RU-1, RU-2, and RU-3. Purchase opts to skip the qualitative assessment and therefore performs a quantitative goodwill impairment review annually.   In its current-year assessment of goodwill, Purchase provides the following individual asset and liability carrying amounts for each of its reporting units:     Carrying Amounts   RU-1 RU-2 RU-3 Tangible assets $180,000 $200,000 $140,000 Trademark 170,000     Customer list 90,000     Unpatented technology   170,000   Licenses   90,000   Copyrights     50,000 Goodwill 120,000 150,000 90,000 Liabilities (30,000)         The total fair values for each reporting unit (including goodwill) are $510,000 for RU-1, $580,000 for RU-2, and $560,000 for RU-3. To date, Purchase has reported no goodwill impairments.   How much goodwill impairment should Purchase report this year for each of its reporting units?

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Purchase Company recently acquired several businesses and recognized goodwill in each acquisition. Purchase has allocated the resulting goodwill to its three reporting units: RU-1, RU-2, and RU-3. Purchase opts to skip the qualitative assessment and therefore performs a quantitative goodwill impairment review annually.

 

In its current-year assessment of goodwill, Purchase provides the following individual asset and liability carrying amounts for each of its reporting units:

 

  Carrying Amounts
  RU-1 RU-2 RU-3
Tangible assets $180,000 $200,000 $140,000
Trademark 170,000    
Customer list 90,000    
Unpatented technology   170,000  
Licenses   90,000  
Copyrights     50,000
Goodwill 120,000 150,000 90,000
Liabilities (30,000)    
 

 

The total fair values for each reporting unit (including goodwill) are $510,000 for RU-1, $580,000 for RU-2, and $560,000 for RU-3. To date, Purchase has reported no goodwill impairments.

 

How much goodwill impairment should Purchase report this year for each of its reporting units?

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