sales of inventory made last year.
A statutory consolidation is a type of business combination in which:
A. one of the combining companies survives and the other loses its separate identity.
B. one company acquires the voting shares of the other company and the two
companies continue to operate as separate legal entities.
C. two publicly traded companies agree to share a board of directors.
D. each of the combining companies is dissolved and the net assets of both companies
are transferred to a newly created corporation.
Paccu Corporation acquired 100 percent of Sallee Company’s common stock on
January 1, 20X7. Balance sheet data for the two companies immediately following the
acquisition follow:
Paccu Sallee
Cash $50,000 $30,000
Accounts Receivable 60,000 35,000
Inventory 130,000 45,000
Land 75,000 60,000
Buildings and Equipment 310,000 170,000
Less: Accumulated Depreciation (130,000) (30,000)
Investment in Sallee Company Stock 250,000
Total Assets $745,000 $310,000
Accounts Payable $40,000 $35,000
Taxes Payable 30,000 12,000
Bonds Payable 250,000 50,000
Common Stock 75,000 75,000
Retained Earnings 350,000 138,000
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $745,000 $310,000
At the date of the business combination, the book values of Sallee’s assets and liabilities
approximated fair value except for inventory, which had a fair value of $55,000, and