On January 2,2010 Carolina Clothing issued 100,000 new shares of its $5 par value common stock valued at $19 a share for all of Dakota Dressing Company's outstanding common shares in an acquisition.Carolina paid $15,000 for registering and issuing securities and $10,000 for other direct costs of the business combination.The fair value and book value of Dakota's identifiable assets and liabilities were the same.Assume Dakota Company is dissolved on the date of the acquisition.Summarized balance sheet information for both companies just before the acquisition on January 2,2010 is as follows:
Required:
Prepare a balance sheet for Carolina Clothing immediately after the business combination.

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On January 2,2010 Carolina Clothing issued 100,000 new shares of its $5 par value common stock valued at $19 a share for all of Dakota Dressing Company's outstanding common shares in an acquisition.Carolina paid $15,000 for registering and issuing securities and $10,000 for other direct costs of the business combination.The fair value and book value of Dakota's identifiable assets and liabilities were the same.Assume Dakota Company is dissolved on the date of the acquisition.Summarized balance sheet information for both companies just before the acquisition on January 2,2010 is as follows:
  Required:
Prepare a balance sheet for Carolina Clothing immediately after the business combination.

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The Answer of On January 2,2010 Carolina Clothing issued 100,000 new shares of its $5 par value common stock valued at $19 a share for all of Dakota Dressing Company's outstanding common shares in an acquisition.Carolina paid $15,000 for registering and issuing securities and $10,000 for other direct costs of the business combination.The fair value and book value of Dakota's identifiable assets and liabilities were the same.Assume Dakota Company is dissolved on the date of the acquisition.Summarized balance sheet information for both companies just before the acquisition on January 2,2010 is as follows:
  Required:
Prepare a balance sheet for Carolina Clothing immediately after the business combination.

On January 2,2010 Carolina Clothing Issued 100,000 New Shares of Its