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Acquirer plc purchased 80% of the ordinary share capital of Target plc on 1 January 20X1 for a price of £100,000.

Acquirer

plc is preparing its consolidated statement of financial position at 31

December 20X1 and the following information is available:

Amounts in £

Measured on

1 January 20X1

Measured on

31 December 20X1

Fair value of Target plc’s assets

120,000

150,000

Fair value of Target plc’s liabilities

30,000

40,000

Fair value of non-controlling interest in Target plc

20,000

24,000

 

At the date of acquisition, Acquirer plc chose to measure

the non-controlling interest in Target plc at fair value.

Assuming no goodwill impairments have been taken since the

acquisition date, the amount of

goodwill

reported on Acquirer plc’s consolidated statement of financial position at the 31

December 20X1 is:

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
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