Joy's House of Cheese (stocks Cougar Cheese) purchases a tract of land and an existing building for $940,000. The company plans to remove the old building and construct a new building on the site in a few months. In addition to the purchase price, Joy's pays closing costs, including title insurance of $2,400. The company also pays $12,800 in property taxes, which includes $8,400 of back taxes (unpaid taxes from previous years) paid by Joy's on behalf of the seller and $4,400 due for the current fiscal year after the purchase date. Shortly after closing, the company pays a contractor $47,000 to tear down the old building and remove it from the site. Joy is able to sell salvaged materials from the old building for $3,800 and pays an additional $10,400 to level the land to make it ready for use. Required: Determine the amount Joy's should record as the cost of the land. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign.) Total cost of the land

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Keating Co. is considering disposing of equipment with a cost of $66,000 and accumulated depreciation of $46,200. Keating Co. can sell the equipment through a broker for $32,000, less a 5% broker commission. Alternatively, Gunner Co. has offered to lease the equipment for five years for a total of $45,000. Keating will incur repair, insurance, and property tax expenses estimated at $9,000 over the five-year period. At lease-end, the equipment is expected to have no residual value. The net differential income from the lease alternative is

Keating Co. is considering disposing of equipment with a cost of $71,000 and accumulated depreciation of $49,700. Keating Co. can sell the equipment through a broker for $32,000 less 7% commission. Alternatively, Gunner Co. has offered to lease the equipment for five years for a total of $47,000. Keating will incur repair, insurance, and property tax expenses estimated at $9,000 over the five-year period. At lease-end, the equipment is expected to have no residual value. The net differential income from the lease alternative is A:$5,768 B:$8,240 C:$9,888 D:$12,360

Stein Books Inc. sold 2,100 finance textbooks for $230 each to High Tuition University in 20X1. These books cost $195 to produce. Stein Books spent $12,500 (selling expense) to convince the university to buy its books. Depreciation expense for the year was $15,600. In addition, Stein Books borrowed $102,000 on January 1, 20x1, on which the company paid 16 percent interest. Both the interest and principal of the loan were paid on December 31, 20X1. The publishing firm's tax rate is 30 percent. Prepare an income statement for Stein Books. Stein Books Inc. Income Statement For the Year Ending December 31, 20X1

Comey Products has decided to acquire some new equipment having a $240,000 purchase price. The equipment will last 4 years and is in the MACRS 3-year class. (The depreciation rates for Year 1 through Year 4 are equal to 0.3333, 0.4445, 0.1481, and 0.0741.) The firm can borrow at a 5% rate and pays a 25% federal-plus-state tax rate. Comey is considering leasing the property but wishes to know the cost of borrowing that it should use when comparing purchasing to leasing and has hired you to answer this question. What is the correct answer to Comey's question? (Hint: Use the shortcut method to find the after-tax cost of the loan payments.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

Johnson Inc. enters into a $300,000 contract for the purchase of customized equipment with Builder Inc. The construction of the equipment is expected to take two years. Johnson Inc. owns the work in process during the two-year period but will not take possession of the equipment until completed. The contractor will bill Johnson monthly for performance completed to date. After year-one, Builder Inc. incurred costs of $120,000 and expects remaining costs to be $108,000. Builder Inc. has billed Johnson $150,000 in total for the year. Johnson has paid $135,000 to Builder Inc. Determine the amount of revenue and expenses that Builder Inc. should recognize in the first year of the contract. a.   Revenue Expenses   $157,895 $120,000 b.   Revenue Expenses   $150,000 $114,000 c.   Revenue Expenses   $78,947 $120,000 d.   Revenue Expenses   $0 $0 e.   Revenue Expenses   $150,000 $120,000