In: Accounting
SafeData Corporation has the following account balances and respective fair values on June 30:
| Book Values | Fair Values | ||||||
| Receivables | $ | 106,000 | $ | 106,000 | |||
| Patented technology | 192,000 | 192,000 | |||||
| Customer relationships | 0 | 484,000 | |||||
| In-process research and development | 0 | 324,000 | |||||
| Liabilities | (472,000 | ) | (472,000 | ) | |||
| Common stock | (100,000 | ) | |||||
| Additional paid-in capital | (300,000 | ) | |||||
| Retained earnings deficit, 1/1 | 676,000 | ||||||
| Revenues | (410,000 | ) | |||||
| Expenses | 308,000 | ||||||
Privacy First, Inc., obtained all of the outstanding shares of SafeData on June 30 by issuing 20,000 shares of common stock having a $1 par value but a $50 fair value. Privacy First incurred $10,000 in stock issuance costs and paid $50,000 to an investment banking firm for its assistance in arranging the combination. In negotiating the final terms of the deal, Privacy First also agrees to pay $75,000 to SafeData’s former owners if it achieves certain revenue goals in the next two years. Privacy First estimates the probability adjusted present value of this contingent performance obligation at $22,500.
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How should the stock issuance costs appear in Privacy First’s postcombination financial statements?
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How should Privacy First account for the fee paid to the investment bank?
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How does the issuance of these shares affect the stockholders’ equity accounts of Privacy First, the parent?
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How is the fair value of the consideration transferred in the combination allocated among the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed?
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If Privacy First’s stock had been worth only $25 per share rather than $50, how would the consolidation of SafeData’s assets and liabilities have been affected?
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