Chapter 1 Flashcards
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The acquirer recognizes all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination and measures them at their acquisition-date fair value
Acquisition Method
A company acquires another company for less than their net identifiable assets
Bargain Purchase
When an acquirer obtains control of one or more businesses
Business Combination
Portray related companies as if they were actually a single company
Consolidated Financial Statements
The ability to direct policies and management
Control
The total difference at the acquisition date between the fair value of the consideration exchanged and the book value of the net identifiable assets acquired
Differential
An asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized
Goodwill
The acquired company is dissolved
Liquidated