On January 1, 2013, Porsche Company acquired the net assets of Saab Company for $450,500 cash. The fair value of Saab’s identifiable net assets was $374,980 on this date. Porsche Company decided to measure goodwill impairment using the present value of future cash flows to estimate the fair value of the reporting unit (Saab). The information for these subsequent years is as follows: Year   Present Value of Future Cash Flows   Carrying Value of Saab’s Identifiable Net Assets*   Fair Value Saab’s Identifiable Net Assets 2014   $400,620   $329,851   $339,983 2015   $399,230   $319,497   $345,596 2016   $350,150   $299,900   $325,360 * Identifiable net assets do not include goodwill.             (a) For each year determine the amount of goodwill impairment, if any.     2014   2015   2016 Goodwill impairment   $     $     $

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On January 1, 2013, Porsche Company acquired the net assets of Saab Company for $450,500 cash. The fair value of Saab’s identifiable net assets was $374,980 on this date. Porsche Company decided to measure goodwill impairment using the present value of future cash flows to estimate the fair value of the reporting unit (Saab). The information for these subsequent years is as follows:

Year   Present Value
of Future Cash Flows
  Carrying Value of
Saab’s Identifiable
Net Assets*
  Fair Value
Saab’s Identifiable
Net Assets
2014   $400,620   $329,851   $339,983
2015   $399,230   $319,497   $345,596
2016   $350,150   $299,900   $325,360

* Identifiable net assets do not include goodwill.
 
 
 
 
 
 

(a)

For each year determine the amount of goodwill impairment, if any.

    2014   2015   2016
Goodwill impairment   $
 
  $
 
  $
 
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