Advanced Accounting 10th Edition by Thomas Schaefer, Joe Ben Hoyle, Timothy Doupnik

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The Acquisition Method
On December 31, 2010, Pacifica, Inc., acquired 100 percent of the voting stock of Seguros Company.Pacifica will maintain Seguros as a wholly owned subsidiary with its own legal and accounting identity.The consideration transferred to the owner of Seguros included 50,000 newly issued Pacifica common shares ($20 market value, $5 par value) and an agreement to pay an additional $130,000 cash if Seguros meets certain project completion goals by December 31, 2011.Pacifica estimates a 50 percent probability that Seguros will be successful in meeting these goals and uses a 4 percent discount rate to represent the time value of money.
Immediately prior to the acquisition, the following data for both firms were available:
In addition, Pacifica assessed a research and development project under way at Seguros to have a fair value of $100,000.Although not yet recorded on its books, Pacifica paid legal fees of $15,000 in connection with the acquisition and $9,000 in stock issue costs.
Using the acquisition method, prepare the following:
a.Pacifica's entries to account for the consideration transferred to the former owners of Seguros, the direct combination costs, and the stock issue and registration costs.(Use a 0.961538 present value factor where applicable.)
b.A postacquisition column of accounts for Pacifica.
c.A worksheet to produce a consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010.