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Chapter 10: 7BE (page 502)

Fielder Company obtained land by issuing 2,000 shares of its \(10 par value common stock. The land was recently appraised at \)85,000. The common stock is actively traded at $40 per share. Prepare the journal entry to record the acquisition of the land.

Short Answer

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Land is debited by $80,000, common stock is credited by $20,000 and paid in capital excess of par credited by $60,000 to record the acquisition of land.

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01

Calculation of cost of land and common stock value

CostofLand=NumberofShares×MarketPriceofShares=2,000×$40=$80,000

CommonStock=NumberofShares×FaceValueofShares=2,000×$10=$20,000

02

Journal entry of acquisition of land

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Land

$80,000

To Common stock

$20,000

To Paid in capital excess of par

$60,000

To record the acquisition of land

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