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Chapter 10: Q25E (page 540)

(Disposition of Assets) On April 1, 2017, Gloria Estefan Company received a condemnation award of \(430,000 cash as compensation for the forced sale of the company鈥檚 land and building, which stood in the path of a new state highway. The land and building cost \)60,000 and \(280,000, respectively, when they were acquired. At April 1, 2017, the accumulated depreciation relating to the building amounted to \)160,000. On August 1, 2017, Estafan purchased a piece of replacement property for cash. The new land cost \(90,000, and the new building cost \)400,000.

Instructions

Prepare the journal entries to record the transactions on April 1 and August 1, 2017.

Short Answer

Expert verified
  1. Gain on disposable of Plant and Assets is $250,000.
  2. The value of the Building is $400,000.

Step by step solution

01

Meaning of Depreciation

Depreciation can be stated as the decline in the value of an asset over a useful period. All assets depreciate over time, except for land, whose value increases with the passage of time. Among the various methods of depreciation, straight-line depreciation is considered to be the simplest and error-free method.

02

(a) Preparing journal entry for April 1

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

April 1, 2017

Cash

430,000

Accumulated Depreciation-Buildings

160,000

Land

60,000

Building

280,000

Gain on Disposal of Plant Assets

250,000

Computation of gain on disposal of Plant Asset

Computation of gain

Cash received

$430,000

Book value of land $ 60,000

Book value of buildings 120,000

Book value of land and building

(180,000)

Gain on disposal

$250,000

03

(b) Preparing journal entry for August 1

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Aug. 1, 2017

Land

90,000

Buildings

400,000

Cash

490,000

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Most popular questions from this chapter

(Purchase and Self-Constructed Cost of Assets) Worf Co. both purchases and constructs various equipment it uses in its operations. The following items for two different types of equipment were recorded in random order during the calendar year 2017.

Purchase

Cash paid for equipment, including sales tax of \(5,000 \)105,000

Freight and insurance cost while in transit 2,000

Cost of moving equipment into place at factory 3,100

Wage cost for technicians to test equipment 4,000

Insurance premium paid during first year of operation 1,500

on this equipment

Special plumbing fixtures required for new equipment 8,000

Repair cost incurred in first year of operations related 1,300

to this equipment

Construction

Material and purchased parts (gross cost \(200,000;

failed to take 2% cash discount) \)200,000

Imputed interest on funds used during

construction (stock financing) 14,000

Labor costs 190,000

Allocated overhead costs (fixed鈥擻(20,000;

variable鈥擻)30,000) 50,000

Profit on self-construction 30,000

Cost of installing equipment 4,400

Instructions

Compute the total cost for each of these two pieces of equipment. If an item is not capitalized as a cost of the equipment, indicate how it should be reported.

Navajo Corporation traded a used truck (cost \(20,000, accumulated depreciation \)18,000) for a small computer with a fair value of \(3,300. Navajo also paid \)500 in the transaction. Prepare the journal entry to record the exchange. (The exchange has commercial substance.)

Question: (Nonmonetary Exchanges) During the current year, Marshall Construction trades an old crane with a book value of \(90,000 (original cost \)140,000 less accumulated depreciation of \(50,000) for a new crane from Brigham Manufacturing Co. The new crane cost Brigham \)165,000 to manufacture and is classified as inventory. The following information is also available.

Marshall Const.

Brigham Mfg. Co.

Fair value of old crane

\( 82,000

Fair value of new crane

\)200,000

Cash paid

118,000

Cash received

118,000

Instructions

  1. Assuming that this exchange is considered to have commercial substance, prepare the journal entries on the books of
    1. Marshall Construction and
    2. Brigham Manufacturing.
  2. Assuming that this exchange lacks commercial substance for Marshall, prepare the journal entries on the books of Marshall Construction.
  3. Assuming the same facts as those in (a), except that the fair value of the old crane is \(98,000 and the cash paid is \)102,000, prepare the journal entries on the books of
    1. Marshall Construction and
    2. Brigham Manufacturing.
  4. Assuming the same facts as those in (b), except that the fair value of the old crane is \(97,000 and the cash paid \)103,000, prepare the journal entries on the books of
    1. Marshall Construction and
    2. Brigham Manufacturing.

(Asset Acquisition) Hayes Industries purchased the following assets and constructed a building as well. All this was done during the current year.

Assets 1 and 2: These assets were purchased as a lump sum for \(100,000 cash. The following information was gathered.

Description

Initial Cost on Seller鈥檚 Books

Depreciation to Date on Seller鈥檚 Books

Book Value on Seller鈥檚 Books

Appraised value

Machinery

\)100,000

\(50,000

\)50,000

\(90,000

Equipment

60,000

10,000

50,000

30,000

Asset 3: This machine was acquired by making a \)10,000 down payment and issuing a \(30,000, 2-year, zero-interest-bearing note. The note is to be paid off in two \)15,000 installments made at the end of the first and second years. It was estimated that the asset could have been purchased outright for \(35,900.

Asset 4: This machinery was acquired by trading in used machinery. (The exchange lacks commercial substance.) Facts concerning the trade-in are as follows.

Cost of machinery traded

\)100,000

Accumulated depreciation to date of sale

40,000

Fair value of machinery traded

80,000

Cash received

10,000

Fair value of machinery acquired

70,000

Asset 5: Equipment was acquired by issuing 100 shares of \(8 par value common stock. The stock had a market price of \)11 per share.

Construction of Building: A building was constructed on land purchased last year at a cost of \(150,000. Construction began on February 1 and was completed on November 1. The payments to the contractor were as follows.

Date

Payment

2/1

\)120,000

6/1

360,000

9/1

480,000

11/1

100,000

To finance construction of the building, a \(600,000, 12% construction loan was taken out on February 1. The loan was repaid on November 1. The firm had \)200,000 of other outstanding debt during the year at a borrowing rate of 8%.

Instructions

Record the acquisition of each of these assets.

What accounting treatment is normally given to the following items in accounting for plant assets? (a) Additions. (b) Major repairs. (c) Improvements and replacements.

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