Question

Joni Splish Brothers Inc. has the following amounts reported in its general ledger at the end of the current year.

Organization costs $23,800
Trademarks 15,700
Discount on bonds payable 36,800
Deposits with advertising agency for ads to promote goodwill of company 11,800
Excess of cost over fair value of net identifiable assets of acquired subsidiary 76,800
Cost of equipment acquired for research and development projects; the equipment has an alternative future use 86,800
Costs of developing a secret formula for a product that is expected to be marketed for at least 20 years 82,600

Required:
On the basis of this information, compute the total amount to be reported by Hyde for intangible assets on its balance sheet at year-end.

Answer 1

$92,500

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the total intangible asset is shown below:

= Trademarks + Excess of cost over fair value of net identifiable assets of acquired subsidiary

= $15,700 + $76,800

= $92,500

Hence, the total intangible asset is $92,500 and the same is to be considered

We simply applied the above formula