On January 2,2011,Pilates Inc.paid $900,000 for all of the outstanding common stock of Spinning Company,and dissolved Spinning Company.The carrying values for Spinning Company's assets and liabilities are recorded below.
On January 2,2011,Spinning anticipated collecting $185,000 of the recorded Accounts Receivable.Pilates entered into the acquisition because Spinning had Copyrights that Pilates wished to own,and also unrecorded patents with a fair value of $100,000.
Required:
Calculate the amount of goodwill that will be recorded on Pilate's balance sheet as of the date of acquisition.

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On January 2,2011,Pilates Inc.paid $900,000 for all of the outstanding common stock of Spinning Company,and dissolved Spinning Company.The carrying values for Spinning Company's assets and liabilities are recorded below.
  On January 2,2011,Spinning anticipated collecting $185,000 of the recorded Accounts Receivable.Pilates entered into the acquisition because Spinning had Copyrights that Pilates wished to own,and also unrecorded patents with a fair value of $100,000.
Required:
Calculate the amount of goodwill that will be recorded on Pilate's balance sheet as of the date of acquisition.

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The Answer of On January 2,2011,Pilates Inc.paid $900,000 for all of the outstanding common stock of Spinning Company,and dissolved Spinning Company.The carrying values for Spinning Company's assets and liabilities are recorded below.
  On January 2,2011,Spinning anticipated collecting $185,000 of the recorded Accounts Receivable.Pilates entered into the acquisition because Spinning had Copyrights that Pilates wished to own,and also unrecorded patents with a fair value of $100,000.
Required:
Calculate the amount of goodwill that will be recorded on Pilate's balance sheet as of the date of acquisition.