Starn Tool & Manufacturing Company, located in Meadville, PA provides component machining for robotics, drones, vision systems, and
special machines and assemblies for the aerospace, military, commercial, automotive, and medical industries. Assume the company has
five different intangible assets to be accounted for and reported on the financial statements. The management is concerned about the
amortization of the cost of each of these intangibles. Facts about each intangible follow:
a Patent. The company purchased a patent for a new tool at a cash cost of $ on January The patent has an estimated
useful life of years.
b Copyright. On January the company purchased a copyright for $ cash. It is estimated that the copyrighted item will
have no value by the end of years.
c Franchise. The company obtained a franchise from & Tool Company to make and distribute a special item for the automotive
industry. It obtained the franchise on January at a cash cost of $ for a year period.
d License. On January the company secured a license from the city to operate a special service for a period of five years.
Total cash expended to obtain the license was $
e Goodwill. The company purchased another business in January for a cash lump sum of $ Included in the purchase
price was "Goodwill, $ Company executives stated that "the goodwill is an important longlived asset to us It has an
indefinite life.
Required:
Compute the amount of amortization that should be recorded for each intangible asset at the end of the annual accounting period,
December
Determine the book value of each intangible asset on December
Assume that on January the copyrighted item was likely impaired in its ability to continue to produce strong revenues due
to a legal dispute. The other intangible assets were not affected. Starn estimated that the copyright would be able to produce future
cash flows of $ The fair value of the copyright was determined to be $ Compute the amount, if any, of the
impairment loss to be recorded.