
Mr and Mrs Schulte paid a $750,000 lump-sum price to purchase a business. At date of purchase, the appraised FMVs of the balance sheet assets were:
Accounts receivable $ 38,000
Inventory 415,000
Fixtures and equipment 147,000
$ 600,000
Which of the following statements is true?
A) The Schultes must allocated the $750,000 cost to the balance sheet assets based on the assets' relative FMV.
B) The Schultes must capitalize $150,000 of the cost to nonamortizable goodwill.
C) The Schultes may deduct $150,000 of the cost as business goodwill.
D) None of the above is true.
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