Record the entries for the purchase of the net assets of


Mans Company is about to purchase the net assets of Eagle Incorporated, which has the following balance sheet:

Assets

   

Accounts receivable

 

$ 60,000

Inventory

 

100,000

Equipment

$ 90,000

 

Accumulated depreciation

(50,000)

40,000

     

Land and buildings

$300,000

 

Accumulated depreciation

(100,000)

200,000

Goodwill

 

    60,000

     Total assets

 

$460,000

     

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

   

Bonds payable

 

$ 80,000

Common stock, $10 par

 

200,000

Paid-in capital in excess of par

 

100,000

Retained earnings

 

    80,000

     Total liabilities and equity

 

$460,000

Mans has secured the following fair values of Eagle's accounts:

Inventory

$130,000

Equipment

60,000

Land and buildings

260,000

Bonds payable

60,000

Acquisition costs were $20,000.

Required:

Record the entries for the purchase of the net assets of Eagle by Mans (statutory merger) at the following cash prices:

c.

$480,000

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