The following book and fair values were available for Westmont Company as of March 1.
Book Value Fair Value
Inventory $ 231,000 $191,750
Land 822,000 1,119,750
Buildings 2,130,000 2,447,250
Customer relationships 0 867,750
Accounts payable(104,000) (104,000)
Common stock (2,000,000)
Additional paid-in capital (500,000 )
Retained earnings 1/1 (417,500)
Revenues (464,500)
Expenses 303,000
Note: Parentheses indicate a credit balance.
Arturo Company pays $3,780,000 cash and issues 28,700 shares of its $2 par value common stock (fair value of $50 per share) for all of Westmont%u2019s common stock in a merger, after which Westmont will cease to exist as a separate entity. Stock issue costs amount to $32,800 and Arturo pays $47,500 for legal fees to complete the transaction.
Prepare Arturo%u2019s journal entry to record its acquisition of Westmont.

1. Debit Inventory for $191,750; Debit Land for $119,750; Debit Buildings for $2,447,250; Debit Customer Relationships for $867,750; and Debit Goodwill for $1,692,500. But Credit Accounts payable for $104,000; Credit Common Stock (28,700 shares * $2) for $57,400; Credit Additional Paid-In Capital [28,700 shares * ($50-$2)] for $1,377,600; and Credit Cash for 3,780,000.

2. Debit Professional Services Expense for $47,500; and Credit Cash for $47,500.

3. Debi Additional Paid-In Capital for $32,800; and Credit Cash for 32,800.

Explanation:

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Also note: See the attached excel file to see how the prepared Arturo’s journal entry look like.

Note that the Goodwill is calculated as follows:

Goodwill = Inventory + Land + Buildings + Customer Relationships - Accounts payable - Common Stock (28,700 shares * $2) - Additional Paid-In Capital [28,700 shares * ($50-$2)] - Cash = $191,750 + $119,750 + $2,447,250 + $867,750 - $104,000 - $57,400 - $1,377,600 - $3,780,000 = $1,692,500