Identifying and Accounting for Intangible Assets On the first…
Identifying and Accounting for Intangible Assets On the first day of the year, Holthausen Company acquired the assets of Leftwich Company, in- cluding several intangible assets. These include a patent on Leftwich’s primary product, a device called a plentiscope. Leftwich carried the patent on its books for $2,100, but Holthausen believes that the fair value is $280,000. The patent expires in seven years, but competitors can be expected to develop competing patents within three years. Holthausen believes that, with expected techno- logical improvements, the product is marketable for at least 20 years. The registration of the trademark for the Leftwich name is scheduled to expire in 15 years. However, the Leftwich brand name, which Holthausen believes is worth $700,000, could be applied to related products for many years beyond that As part of the acquisition, Leftwich’s principal researcher left the company. As part of the acquisition, he signed a five-year noncompetition agreement that prevents him from developing competing products. Holthausen paid the scientist $420,000 to sign the agreement. a. What amount should be capitalized for each of the identifiable intangible assets? Patent ${#1} Trademark ${#2} Noncompetition agreement ${#3} b. What amount of amortization expense should Holthausen record the first year for each asset? Round to the nearest dollar. Patent ${#4} Trademark ${#5} Noncompetition agreement ${#6}