(Asset Acquisition) Hayes Industries purchased the following assets and constructed a building as well. All this was done during the current year.

Assets 1 and 2: These assets were purchased as a lump sum for \(100,000 cash. The following information was gathered.

Description

Initial Cost on Seller’s Books

Depreciation to Date on Seller’s Books

Book Value on Seller’s Books

Appraised value

Machinery

\)100,000

\(50,000

\)50,000

\(90,000

Equipment

60,000

10,000

50,000

30,000

Asset 3: This machine was acquired by making a \)10,000 down payment and issuing a \(30,000, 2-year, zero-interest-bearing note. The note is to be paid off in two \)15,000 installments made at the end of the first and second years. It was estimated that the asset could have been purchased outright for \(35,900.

Asset 4: This machinery was acquired by trading in used machinery. (The exchange lacks commercial substance.) Facts concerning the trade-in are as follows.

Cost of machinery traded

\)100,000

Accumulated depreciation to date of sale

40,000

Fair value of machinery traded

80,000

Cash received

10,000

Fair value of machinery acquired

70,000

Asset 5: Equipment was acquired by issuing 100 shares of \(8 par value common stock. The stock had a market price of \)11 per share.

Construction of Building: A building was constructed on land purchased last year at a cost of \(150,000. Construction began on February 1 and was completed on November 1. The payments to the contractor were as follows.

Date

Payment

2/1

\)120,000

6/1

360,000

9/1

480,000

11/1

100,000

To finance construction of the building, a \(600,000, 12% construction loan was taken out on February 1. The loan was repaid on November 1. The firm had \)200,000 of other outstanding debt during the year at a borrowing rate of 8%.

Instructions

Record the acquisition of each of these assets.

Short Answer

Expert verified
  1. Asset 1 and Asset 2 total appraisal = $120,000
  2. Asset 3 = Discount on Notes Payable is $4,100
  3. Asset 4 = Value of machinery is $52,500
  4. Asset 5 = common stock value is $800
  5. Construction of building = Avoidable interest is $51,900

Step by step solution

01

Meaning of Lump-Sum Purchase

Lump-sum purchase refers to a purchase in which more than one asset is acquired simultaneously by paying a single price.

02

Recording Acquisition of Asset 1 and Asset 2

Hayes Industries

Acquisition of Assets 1 and 2

Description

Appraisal

Percentage

A

Lump-Sum

B

Value on Books

A*B

Machinery

$90,000

90/120

100,000

75,000

Equipment

30,000

30/120

100,000

25,000

$120,000

Note: Use Appraised Values to break out the lump-sum purchase

Now, passing journal entries

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Machinery

75,000

Equipment

25,000

Cash

100,000

03

Recording Acquisition of Asset 3

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Machinery

35,900

Discount on Notes Payable

4,100

Cash

10,000

Notes Payable

30,000

Working notes:

Calculation of discount on notes payable

Discountonnotespayable=Costofmachine+Assetoutright=$40,000-$35,900=$4,100

Note: Use the cash price as the asset's basis for recording, with a discount on the note.

04

Recording Acquisition of Asset 4

Due to the absence of commercial substance of the deal, a profit will be recorded based on the proportion of cash received ($10,000/$80,000) multiplied by the $20,000 gain (FMV of $80,000 minus BV of $60,000). The gain realized will be $2,500, with $17,500 of its remaining unrecognized and utilized to lower the asset's basis.

Preparing journal entry

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Machinery (New)

52,500

Accumulated Depreciation-Machinery

40,000

Cash

10,000

Machinery (Old)

100,000

Gain on Disposal of Machinery

2,500

Working notes:

Calculation value of machinery

Machinery=Fairvalue-Unrecognizedgain=$70,000-$17,500=$52,500

05

Recording Acquisition of Asset 5

In this situation, the equipment should be recorded at the stock's current fair market value on Hayes' books. Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par -Common Stock should be credited with the difference between the stock's par value and its fair market value.

Preparing journal entry

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Equipment

1,100

Common Stock

800

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par

Common Stock

300

Working notes:

Calculation value of common stock

Commonstock=Shares×Pervalueofshare=100×$8=$800

Calculation value of equipment

Equipment=Shares×Pervalueofshare=100×$11=$1,100

06

Preparing schedule for Construction of the building

Construction of Building

Schedule of Weighted-Average Accumulated Expenditures

Date

Amount

Current Year Capitalization Period

Weighted-Average Accumulated Expenditures

February 1

$ 150,000

9/12

$112,500

February 1

120,000

9/12

90,000

June 1

360,000

5/12

150,000

September 1

480,000

2/12

80,000

November 1

100,000

0/12

0

$1,210,000

$432,500

Note: The capitalization is only 9 months in this problem.

Calculation of Avoidable interest

Avoidableinterest=Weighted-Average×Interestrate=$432,500×0.12=$51,900

The particular borrowing rate is employed because the weighted expenditures are smaller than the amount of specific borrowing.

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Land

150,000

Building

1,111,900

Cash

1,210,000

Interest Expense

51,900

Working notes:

Calculating the total cost of building

Building=Totalcostofconstruction+Interestexpense=$1,060,000+$51,900=$1,111,900

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Instructions

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Instructions

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Instructions

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Instructions

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Instructions

If your school has a subscription to the FASB Codification, go to http://aaahq.org/asclogin.cfm to log in and prepare responses to the following. Provide Codification references for your responses.

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  2. What are the objectives for capitalizing interest?
  3. Discuss which assets qualify for interest capitalization.
  4. Is there a limit to the amount of interest that may be capitalized in a period?
  5. If interest capitalization is allowed, what disclosures are required?

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In 2017, a section of the plant was devoted to development of the new equipment and a special staff was hired. Within 6 months, a machine developed at a cost of \(714,000 increased production dramatically and reduced labor costs substantially. Elated by the success of the new machine, the company built three more machines of the same type at a cost of \)441,000 each.

Instructions

a. In general, what costs should be capitalized for self-constructed equipment?

b. Discuss the propriety of including in the capitalized cost of self-constructed assets:

(1) The increase in overhead caused by the self-construction of fixed assets.

(2) A proportionate share of overhead on the same basis as that applied to goods manufactured for sale.

c. Discuss the proper accounting treatment of the \(273,000 (\)714,000 − $441,000) by which the cost of the first machine exceeded the cost of the subsequent machines. This additional cost should not be considered research and development costs.

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List price of new melter

\(15,800

Cash paid

10,000

Cost of old melter (5-year life, \)700 salvage value)

11,200

Accumulated depreciation—old melter (straight-line)

6,300

Secondhand fair value of old melter

5,200

Instructions

Prepare the journal entry(ies) necessary to record this exchange, assuming that the exchange

  1. has commercial substance, and
  2. lacks commercial substance. Cannondale’s fiscal year ends on December 31, and depreciation has been recorded through December 31, 2016.
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