Question

Vaughn Manufacturing purchased the assets of Ivanhoe Company at an auction for $5465000. An independent appraisal of the fair value of the assets is listed below: Land $1795000 Building 2840000 Equipment 2180000 Trucks 3180000 Assuming that specific identification costs are impracticable and that Vaughn allocates the purchase price on the basis of the relative fair values, what amount would be allocated to the Building

Answer 1

$1,552,836

Step-by-step explanation:

As the auction price is determined for whole company, which includes all the assets in the company. Auction price can be allocated to an asset based on its fair value ratio to total fair value of all assets.

As per given data

Fair Value of Assets

Land $1,795,000

Building $2,840,000

Equipment $2,180,000

Trucks $3,180,000

Total $9,995,000

Auction price allocation = (Fair value / Total Fair value of all assets) x Auction price

Placing values in the formula

Building = ( $2,840,000 / $9,995,000) x $5,465,000

Building = $1,552,836