Principles of Accounting Volume 1
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Chapter 11, Problem 3PB
During the current year, Alanna Co. had the following transactions pertaining to its new office building.
A. What should Alanna Co. record on its books for the land? The total cost of land includes all costs of preparing the land for use. The demolition cost of the old building is added to the land costs, and the sale of the old building scrap is subtracted from the land cost.
B. What should Alanna Co. record on its books for the building?
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During the current year, Alanna Co. had the following transactions pertaining to its new office building.
Purchase price of land
Legal fees for contracts to purchase land
Architech fees
Demolition of the old building on site
Sale of scrap from old building
Construction cost of new building
A. What should Alanna Co. record on its books for the land? The total cost of land includes all costs of preparing the land for use. The demolition cost of the
old building is added to the land costs, and the sale of the old building scrap is subtracted from the land cost.
$130,000
5,000
20,000
8,000
7,000
610,000
B. What should Alanna Co. record on its books for the building?
During the current year, Alanna Co. had the following transactions pertaining to its new office building.
Purchase price of land
$120,000
Legal fees for contracts to purchase land
3,000
Architech fees
17,000
Demolition of the old building on site
9,000
Sale of scrap from old building
6,000
Construction cost of new building
700,000
A. What should Alanna Co. record on its books for the land? The total cost of land includes all costs of preparing the land for use. The demolition cost of the old building is added to the land costs, and the sale of the old building scrap is subtracted from the land cost.
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B. What should Alanna Co. record on its books for the building?
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Indigo Architecture made the following cash expenditures during its first year in operations:
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Cost of real estate purchased as a plant site (land and building)
Accrued property taxes paid at the time of the purchase of the real estate
Cost of demolishing building to make land suitable for construction of a new building
Architect's fees on building plans
Excavation costs for new building
Cost of filling and grading the land
Full payment to building contractor
Cost of parking lots and driveways
Property taxes paid for the current year on the land
Your answer is partially correct.
$133,900
3,300
10,600
14,700
26,900
2.300
752,600
32,800
8,200
Record the above transactions. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.
List all debit entries before credit entries.)
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