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(A) Red Ltd acquired all the assets and liabilities of Black Ltd on 1 July 2020

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(A) Red Ltd acquired all the assets and liabilities of Black Ltd on 1 July 2020. At this date, the assets and liabilities of Black Ltd consisted of: Fair value Current assets Non-current assets Carrying amount $ 1 000 000 $ 4 000 000 5 000 000 500 000 $4 500 000 $3 000 000 1 500 000 $4 500 000 980 000 4 220 000 5 200 000 500 000 $4 700 000 Liabilities Share capital — 100 000 shares Reserves In exchange for these net assets, Red Ltd agreed to: issue 10 Red Ltd shares for every Black Ltd share — Red Ltd shares were considered to have a fair value of $15 per share; costs of share issue were $7 500 transfer a patent to the former shareholders of Black Ltd — the patent was carried in the records of Red Ltd at $450 000 but was considered to have a fair value of $1 million pay $6.00 per share in cash to each of the former shareholders of Black Ltd. Red Ltd incurred $15 000 in costs associated with the acquisition of these net assets. Required 1. Prepare the acquisition analysis. 2. Prepare the journal entries in Red Ltd to record the acquisition at 1 July 2020.

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1) Acquisition Analysis :    
     
Purchase consideration   $
Share issued (10 x 1,00,000) x 15 1,50,00,000
Patent fair value        10,00,000
Cash paid (6 x 1,00,000)        6,00,000
Purchase consideration (A) 1,66,00,000
     
     
Net Assets Value of Black Ltd   $
Current Assets          9,80,000
Non-Current Assets        42,20,000
Less: Liabilities         -5,00,000
Cost for acquision of net assets              15,000
Net Assets Value (B)      47,15,000
     
Goodwill = Purchase consideration - Net Assets Value  
Goodwill = A - B    
Goodwill =                1,18,85,000 $
     
2) Journal Entry on 1 July    
  $ $
Business Purchase                1,66,00,000  
   Share Capital   1,50,00,000
   Patent        10,00,000
   Cash          6,00,000
Current Assets                      9,80,000  
Non-Current Assets                    42,20,000  
Acquisition cost                          15,000  
Goodwill                1,18,85,000  
    Liabilities          5,00,000
    Business Purchase   1,66,00,000

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