Situation:
On January X Porpoise Corp. acquired of the common shares of Salamander Co for
$ At that date, Salamander's assets and liabilities had the following book values and
fair values:
Salamander Co
Statement of financial position
As At January X
As of January X the equipment had a remaining useful life of eight years. Inventory on
hand on January X was all sold by December X The bonds payable mature on
December X
Porpoise uses the cost method to account for its investment in Salamander. The companies' statements of financial position at December X and statements of comprehensive income for the year ended December X are as follows:
Statements of financial position
As at December X
tablePorpoiseSalamanderCash$ $ Accounts receivable,InventoryEquipment net,Investment in Salamander$$Accounts payable$$Bonds payable,Common sharesRetained earnings,$$
Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended December X
tablePorpoiseSalamanderSales$$Cost of goods sold,Gross profitSelling and administrative,expensesDepreciation expense,Interest expenseIncome before income taxes,Income taxesNet income and,$$comprehensive income Additional information:
During X and X Salamander sold inventory to Porpoise with a gross profit as follows:
During X Porpoise sold inventory to Salamander with a gross profit as follows: Intercompany sales downstream sale of $
Goods remaining in Salamander's inventory at December $
Management has determined that Salamander is a cashgenerating unit CGU Porpoise tests its investment in Salamander each year for impairment and allocates the loss, if any, first to goodwill. Goodwill was impaired by $ and $ for fiscal years X and X respectively.
On July X Salamander sold Porpoise equipment with a net book value of $ for a cash consideration of $ The equipment originally cost Salamander $ It had a remaining useful life of six years at the date of the intercompany sale. Assume that the loss is not an impairment loss.
Neither company paid dividends in X The income tax rate has remained at for both companies since X Ignore future income taxes on the purchase price discrepancy.
Porpoise uses the FVE method to value the noncontrolling interest at the acquisition date. Required:
a i Prepare a schedule showing the calculation of goodwill at Salamander's acquisition date.
ii Prepare an acquisition differential amortization and impairment AD schedule for the period from January X to December X