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Sparky paid $2,170,000 to acquire Medifast, a small start-up company, which became a division of Sparky....

Sparky paid $2,170,000 to acquire Medifast, a small start-up company, which became a division of Sparky. Medifast reported the following book values and fair values for their balance sheet at the time of acquisition:

Book Value   Fair Value

Cash $ 36,000 $ 36,000

Receivables 100,437 100,400

Plant & Equip (net) 640,275 654,200

Patents (remaining life 16 yrs) 60,000 854,000

Trademarks 14,652 187,450

Payables 58,900 58,900

*Sparky intends to continuously renew the trademark registration.

Required: Determine the amount of Goodwill (if any) that Sparky should record as a result of this business combination:

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Cash 36000
Receivables 100400
Plant & Equip (net) 654200
Patents 854000
Trademarks 187450
Total fair value of assets 1832050
Less: Payables 58900
Net fair value of assets 1773150
Total Consideration paid 2170000
Less: Net fair value of assets 1773150
Amount of Goodwill 396850
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