The P Ltd acquires all issued capital of the S Ltd for a consideration of $1,000,000 cash and 800,000 shares each valued at $1.50. The summary statement of the financial position of the subsidiary company immediately
following the acquisition is:
Fair value of assets acquired $2,640,000
Fair value of liabilities acquired $720,000
Total shareholders’ equity of the subsidiary company $800,000
Retained earnings of the subsidiary company $1,120,000
Required:
(a) Pass the necessary journal entry to record the acquisition (2 marks)
(b) Determine the amount of goodwill (or bargain purchase) arising out of the acquisition (2 marks)
(c) Pass the necessary consolidation entry to eliminate the subsidiary by the parent company (2 marks)
(d) Determine the amount of goodwill (or bargain purchase) arising out of the acquisition if the purchase
consideration paid was $1,000,000 cash and 400,000 shares each valued at $1.50 (1 marks)

Who is better at multi-tasking? in business, employees are often asked to perform a complex task when their atten-tion is divided (i.e., multi-tasking). human factors (may 2014) published a study designed to determine whether video game players are better than non–video game play-ers at multi-tasking. each in a sample of 60 college stu-dents was classified as a video game player or a non-player. participants entered a street crossing simulator and were asked to cross a busy street at an unsigned intersec-tion. the simulator was designed to have cars traveling at various high rates of speed in both directions. during the crossing, the students also performed a memory task as a distraction. two variables were measured for each student: (1) a street crossing performance score (measured out of 100 points) and (2) a memory task score (measured out of 20 points). the researchers found no differences in either the street crossing performance or memory task score of video game players and non-gamers. “these results,” say the researchers, “suggest that action video game players [and non-gamers] are equally susceptible to the costs of dividing attention in a complex task”

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