method, the purchase method based its cost allocations on the combination-date fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities. Also closely related to the acquisition method procedures, any excess of cost over the sum of the net identified asset fair values was attributed to goodwill. But the purchase method stands in marked contrast to the acquisition method in bargain pur- chase situations. Under the purchase method, a bargain purchase occurred when the sum of the individual fair values of the acquired net assets exceeded the purchase cost. To record a bargain purchase at cost however, the purchase method required that certain long-term assets be recorded at amounts below their assessed fair values. For example, assume Adams Co. paid S520,000 for Brook Co. in 2008, Brook has the following assets with appraised fair values: