Bed & Bath buys all of Costless Company's assets and liabilities. Costless' balance sheet at the date of acquisition, including fair value information on its reported assets and liabilities, is as follows:

In addition, a deferred tax liability of $2,000,000 is recognized as part of the acquisition.
The acquisition terms are as follows:
•Bed & Bath paid Costless' shareholders a total of $25,000,000 in cash.
•Bed & Bath issued a total of 2,000,000 new shares of its common stock to Costless' shareholders. Bed & Bath's shares have a par value of $1/share and a total fair value of $92,000,000. Bed & Bath paid $900,000 in cash for registration fees to issue the shares.
•Bed & Bath paid $1,000,000 to Goldman Sachs for merger advisement, all paid in cash.
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Prepare the journal entry to record this acquisition on Bed & Bath's books.
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