Calculate the amount of goodwill


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Pin Corporation paid $1,800,000 for a 90 percent interest in San Corporation on January 1, 2011; San's total book value was $1,800,000. The excess was allocated as follows: $60,000 to undervalued equipment with a three-year remaining useful life and $140,000 to goodwill. The income statements of Pin and San for 2011 are summarized as follows (in thousands):

                                        Pin                  San

Sales                              $4,000               $1,600

Income from San                 180

Cost of sales                   (2,000)               (800)

Depreciation expense         (400)                 (240)

Other expenses                 (800)                (360)

Net income                        $ 980                 $ 200

REQUIRED:

1. Calculate the goodwill that should appear in the consolidated balance sheet of Pin and Subsidiary at December 31, 2011.

2. Calculate consolidated net income for 2011.

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