Company A exchanges equipment with Company B, resulting in a gain for company A. Thetransaction has commercial substance. Which of the following statements is TRUE regardingthis transaction as it related to company A?The entire amount of the gain would be recognizedOnly a part of the gain would be recognizedNone of the gain would be recongnizedBecause the transaction has commercial substance. Company A is in the same economic position as itwas before the exchange took place.

In accounting, a transaction is said to have commercial substance if it significantly changes the…

Answered: Company A exchanges equipment with…

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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