Wilkins Inc. acquired 100% of the voting common stock of Granger Inc. on January 1, 2021. The book value and fair value of Granger's accounts on that date (prior to creating the combination) are as follows, along with the book value of Wilkins's accounts: Assume that Wilkins paid a total of $500,000 in cash for all of the shares of Granger. In addition, Wilkins paid $42,000 for secretarial and management time allocated to the acquisition transaction. What will be the balance in consolidated goodwill?
A) $0.
B) $20,000.
C) $40,000.
D) $42,000.
E) $82,000.

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Wilkins Inc. acquired 100% of the voting common stock of Granger Inc. on January 1, 2021. The book value and fair value of Granger's accounts on that date (prior to creating the combination) are as follows, along with the book value of Wilkins's accounts:  Assume that Wilkins paid a total of $500,000 in cash for all of the shares of Granger. In addition, Wilkins paid $42,000 for secretarial and management time allocated to the acquisition transaction. What will be the balance in consolidated goodwill?
A) $0. 
B) $20,000. 
C) $40,000. 
D) $42,000. 
E) $82,000.

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The Answer of Wilkins Inc. acquired 100% of the voting common stock of Granger Inc. on January 1, 2021. The book value and fair value of Granger's accounts on that date (prior to creating the combination) are as follows, along with the book value of Wilkins's accounts:  Assume that Wilkins paid a total of $500,000 in cash for all of the shares of Granger. In addition, Wilkins paid $42,000 for secretarial and management time allocated to the acquisition transaction. What will be the balance in consolidated goodwill?
A) $0. 
B) $20,000. 
C) $40,000. 
D) $42,000. 
E) $82,000.