Pratt Company acquired all of Spider, Inc.’s outstanding shares on December 31, 2018, for $499,450 cash....

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Pratt Company acquired all of Spider, Inc.’s outstanding shareson December 31, 2018, for $499,450 cash. Pratt will operate Spideras a wholly owned subsidiary with a separate legal and accountingidentity. Although many of Spider’s book values approximate fairvalues, several of its accounts have fair values that differ frombook values. In addition, Spider has internally developed assetsthat remain unrecorded on its books. In deriving the acquisitionprice, Pratt assessed Spider’s fair and book value differences asfollows:

Book ValuesFair Values
Computer software$30,000$61,750
Equipment70,00057,100
Client contracts0120,800
In-process research anddevelopment034,250
Notes payable(96,000)(105,200)

At December 31, 2018, the following financial information isavailable for consolidation:

PrattSpider
Cash$9,750$10,600
Receivables104,00066,500
Inventory133,500103,500
Investment in Spider499,4500
Computer software241,00030,000
Buildings (net)613,500172,400
Equipment (net)314,00070,000
Client contracts00
Goodwill00
Total assets$1,915,200$453,000
Accounts payable$(89,700)$(68,500)
Notes payable(511,500)(96,000)
Common stock(380,000)(100,000)
Additional paid-in capital(170,000)(25,000)
Retained earnings(764,000)(163,500)
Total liabilities andequities$(1,915,200)$(453,000)

Prepare a consolidated balance sheet for Pratt and Spider as ofDecember 31, 2018.

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Solution Goodwill calculation Amount Sales consideration 499450 Book valueapproximately 270000 Excess of fair value over book value 499450 270000 229450 Computer software 30000 61750 31750 Equipment 57100 70000 12900 Client contracts 120800 In process research and development 34250 Note payable 9200 Goodwill 31750 120800 34250 9200 12900    See Answer
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