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Describe for someone who does not understand this. Allocate the difference between the purchase price of a subsidiary and the underlying book value of the subsidiary's assets and liabilities.

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Describe for someone who does not understand this. Allocate the difference between the purchase price of a subsidiary and the underlying book value of the subsidiary's assets and liabilities.

When you purchase all of another firm, the price that is paid is assigned to the assets and liabilities purchased. So, you assign based on the ...

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