Thomas Inc. had the following stockholders' equity accounts as of January 1, 2018:  Preferred stock - $90 par value, nonvoting and nonparticipating; 9% cumulative dividend$2,700,000 Common stock - $25 par value 5,600,000 Retained earnings 14,000,000 ??Kuried Co. acquired all of the voting common stock of Thomas on January 1, 2018, for $20,656,000. The preferred stock remained in the hands of outside parties and had a fair value of $3,060,000. A database valued at $656,000 was recognized and amortized over five years. During 2018, Thomas reported earning $630,000 in net income and paid $504,000 in total cash dividends. Kuried used the equity method to account for this investment.?What is the amount of goodwill resulting from this acquisition?

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Consideration transferred for 100% interest in common stock$20,656,000 
Noncontrolling interest in preferred stock (100%): 3,060,000 
Total fair value of Thomas 1/1/18$23,716,000 
Carrying amount 22,300,000 
Excess acquisition-date fair value over book value 1,416,000 
Assigned to database 656,000 
Goodwill$760,0000 


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