Demmert Manufacturing incurred the following expenditures during the current fiscal year: annual maintenance on its machinery, $5,400; remodeling of offices, $22,000; rearrangement of the shipping and receiving area resulting in an increase in productivity, $35,000; addition of a security system to the manufacturing facility, $25,000. How should Demmert account for each of these expenditures?

At the end of the reporting period, Pinky Corp. shows the following account for machinery it had assembled for its own use during the period: Cash paid for equipment, including VAT of P9,600 Insurance costs for current year 89,600 1,500 Cost of dismantling old machine 14,480 Cash proceeds from sale of old machine 12,000 Raw materials used in construction of new machine 76,000 Labor on construction of new machine 49,000 Cost of installation 11,200 Costs of water devices to keep machine cool 8,000 Materials spoiled in machine trial runs 2,400 Profit on construction 24,000 Purchase of machine tools 13,000 Costs of adjustments to machine to make it operate more efficiently 7,500 An analysis of the details in the account disclosed the following: a. Cash discounts received on the payments for materials used in construction totaled P3,000, and these were reported in the purchase discounts account. b. The factory overhead account shows a balance of P292,000 for the current period; this balance…

Cala Manufacturing purchases land for $297,000 as part of its plans to build a new plant. The company pays $40,200 to tear down an old building on the lot and $59,426 to fill and level the lot. It also pays construction costs of $1,767,800 for the new building and $111,589 for lighting and paving a parking area. Prepare a single journal entry to record these costs incurred by Cala, all of which are paid in cash.

Western Wholesale Foods incurs the following expenditures during the current fiscal year. How should Western account for each of these expenditures? 1. Salaries for the repair technicians, $145,000 2. Remodeling of the executive offices, $85,900 3. Annual maintenance costs related to its machinery, $75,500 4. Improvement of the production line resulting in an increase in productivity, $39,200 5. Addition of a sprinkler system to the manufacturing facility to reduce the risk of fire damage, $43,400