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New machinery, which replaced a number of employees, was installed and put in operation in the last month of the fiscal year. The employees had been dismissed after payment of an extra month’s wages, and this amount was added to the cost of the machinery. Discuss the propriety of the charge. If it was improper, describe the proper treatment.

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The company only capitalized on the cost that adds value to the machine. Treatment of the payment of extra month wages is not proper. The company should not capitalize on the payment as this cost did not add value to the machine.

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01

Wages

Wages are recorded as the expense in the books of accounts. Wages is payment made to the employees or labor against their services.

02

Treatment Cost and Payment to dismissed employees

The company only capitalizes on that cost that adds value to the machine. So, the payment of the employee who is dismissed after paying a certain sum of money did not add to the company's cost. But if these wages are paid to the addition or improvement in the machine, then it is added to the machine's cost.

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(Disposition of Assets) On April 1, 2017, Gloria Estefan Company received a condemnation award of \(430,000 cash as compensation for the forced sale of the company’s land and building, which stood in the path of a new state highway. The land and building cost \)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

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(Analysis of Subsequent Expenditures) King Donovan Resources Group has been in its plant facility for 15 years. Although the plant is quite functional, numerous repair costs are incurred to maintain it in sound working order. The company’s plant asset book value is currently \(800,000, as indicated below.

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Accumulated depreciation

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Book value

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The following expenditures were made to the plant facility during the current year.

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Instructions

Indicate how each of these transactions would be recorded in the accounting records.

(Correction of Improper Cost Entries) Plant acquisitions for selected companies are as follows.

  1. Belanna Industries Inc. acquired land, buildings, and equipment from a bankrupt company, Torres Co., for a lump-sum price of \(700,000. At the time of purchase, Torres’s assets had the following book and appraisal values.

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Appraisal Values

Land

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\(150,000

Buildings

250,000

350,000

Equipment

300,000

300,000

To be conservative, the company decided to take the lower of the two values for each asset acquired. The following entry was made.

Land 150,000

Buildings 250,000

Equipment 300,000

Cash 700,000

2. Harry Enterprises purchased store equipment by making a \)2,000 cash down payment and signing a 1-year, \(23,000, 10% note payable. The purchase was recorded as follows.

Equipment 27,300

Cash 2,000

Notes Payable 23,000

Interest Payable 2,300


3. Kim Company purchased office equipment for \)20,000, terms 2/10, n/30. Because the company intended to take the discount, it made no entry until it paid for the acquisition. The entry was:

Equipment 20,000

Cash 19,600

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4. Kaisson Inc. recently received at zero cost land from the Village of Cardassia as an inducement to locate its business in the Village. The appraised value of the land is \(27,000. The company made no entry to record the land because it had no cost basis.


5. Zimmerman Company built a warehouse for \)600,000. It could have purchased the building for $740,000. The controller made the following entry.

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Instructions

Prepare the entry that should have been made at the date of each acquisition.

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July 1

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Instructions

Compute the balance in each of the following accounts at December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2018. (Round amounts to the nearest dollar.)

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New building. The wrecking contractor was paid \)5,100 and was

permitted to keep all materials salvaged.

Mar. 10 Machinery that was purchased in 2010 for \(16,000 is sold for \)2,900

cash, f.o.b. purchaser’s plant. Freight of \(300 is paid on the sale of this

machinery.

Mar. 20 A gear breaks on a machine that cost \)9,000 in 2009. The gear is

replaced at a cost of \(2,000. The replacement does not extend the

useful life of the machine but does make the machine more efficient.

May 18 A special base installed for a machine in 2011 when the machine was

purchased has to be replaced at a cost of \)5,500 because of defective

workmanship on the original base. The cost of the machinery was

\(14,200 in 2011. The cost of the base was \)3,500, and this amount was

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June 23 One of the buildings is repainted at a cost of $6,900. It had not been

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Instructions

Prepare general journal entries for the transactions. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
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