On January 1, 2022, Oriole Corp. bought 28,000 shares of the available 100,000 common shares of Iceberg Inc., a publicly traded firm.This acquisition provided Oriole with significant influence. Oriole paid $722,000 cash for the investment. At the time of theacquisition, Iceberg reported assets of $2,493,000 and liabilities of $1,192,000. Asset values reflected fair market value, except forcapital assets that had a net book value of $505,000 and a fair market value of $753,000. These assets had a remaining useful life offive years. For 2022 Iceberg reported net income of $390,000 and paid total cash dividends of $100,000.On May 16, 2023, Oriole sold 14,000 of its shares in Iceberg for $425,000. Oriole has no immediate plans to sell its remaininginvestment in Iceberg.Iceberg is actively traded, and stock price information follows:January 1, 2022$29December 31, 2022$31January 1, 2023$32(a)Assuming Oriole is using the equity method under ASPE. did the initial investment include a payment for goodwill?Payment for goodwill$

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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