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Question: Pueblo Co. acquires machinery by paying \(10,000 cash and signing a \)5,000, 2-year, zero-interest-bearing note payable. The note has a present value of \(4,208, and Pueblo purchased a similar machine last month for \)13,500. At what cost should the new equipment be recorded?

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Pueblo Co. records the new equipment at $14,208.

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Note payable in balance sheet

Note payable is shown on the liabilities side of the balance sheet under the head long term liabilities.

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Calculation of cost of new equipment

CostofEquipment=CashPaid+PresentValueofNotePayable=$10,000+$4,208=$14,208

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(Classification of Acquisition Costs) Selected accounts included in the property, plant, and equipment section of Lobo Corporation’s balance sheet at December 31, 2016, had the following balances.

Land

\( 300,000

Land improvements

140,000

Buildings

1,100,000

Equipment

960,000

During 2017, the following transactions occurred.

  1. A tract of land was acquired for \)150,000 as a potential future building site.
  2. A plant facility consisting of land and building was acquired from Mendota Company in exchange for 20,000 shares of Lobo’s common stock. On the acquisition date, Lobo’s stock had a closing market price of \(37 per share on a national stock exchange. The plant facility was carried on Mendota’s books at \)110,000 for land and \(320,000 for the building at the exchange date. Current appraised values for the land and building, respectively, are \)230,000 and \(690,000.
  3. Items of machinery and equipment were purchased at a total cost of \)400,000. Additional costs were incurred as follows.

Freight and unloading

\(13,000

Sales taxes

20,000

Installation

26,000

  1. Expenditures totaling \)95,000 were made for new parking lots, streets, and sidewalks at the corporation’s various plant locations. These expenditures had an estimated useful life of 15 years.
  2. A machine costing \(80,000 on January 1, 2009, was scrapped on June 30, 2017. Double-declining-balance depreciation has been recorded on the basis of a 10-year life.
  3. A machine was sold for \)20,000 on July 1, 2017. Original cost of the machine was \(44,000 on January 1, 2014, and it was depreciated on the straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 7 years and a salvage value of \)2,000.

Instructions

(Round to the nearest dollar.)

a. Prepare a detailed analysis of the changes in each of the following balance sheet accounts for 2017.

Land Buildings

Land Improvements Equipment

(Hint: Disregard the related accumulated depreciation accounts.)

b. List the items in the fact situation that were not used to determine the answer to (a), showing the pertinent amounts and supporting computations in good form for each item. In addition, indicate where, or if, these items should be included in Lobo’s financial statements.

(Nonmonetary Exchange) Busytown Corporation, which manufactures shoes, hired a recent college graduate to work in its accounting department. On the first day of work, the accountant was assigned to total a batch of invoices with the use of an adding machine. Before long, the accountant, who had never before seen such a machine, managed to break the machine. Busytown Corporation gave the machine plus \(340 to Dick Tracy Business Machine Company (dealer) in exchange for a new machine. Assume the following information about the machines.

Busytown Corp.

(Old Machine)

Dick Tracy Co.

(New Machine)

Machine cost

\)290

$270

Accumulated depreciation

140

0

Fair Value

85

425

Instructions

For each company, prepare the necessary journal entry to record the exchange. (The exchange has commercial substance.)

Ottawa Corporation owns machinery that cost \(20,000 when purchased on July 1, 2014. Depreciation has been recorded at a rate of \)2,400 per year, resulting in a balance in accumulated depreciation of \(8,400 at December 31, 2017. The machinery is sold on September 1, 2018, for \)10,500. Prepare journal entries to (a) update depreciation for 2018 and (b) record the sale.

Fielder Company obtained land by issuing 2,000 shares of its \(10 par value common stock. The land was recently appraised at \)85,000. The common stock is actively traded at $40 per share. Prepare the journal entry to record the acquisition of the land.

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