At the beginning of current year, Melancholy Company reported the following property, plant and equipment:   Land 3,500,000 Land improvements 900,000 Building 6,000,000 Equipment 1,500,000       The following transactions occurred during the current year: * A tract of land was acquired for P1,250,000 and intended definitely for use as future building site.

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At the beginning of current year, Melancholy Company reported the following property, plant and equipment:

 

Land

3,500,000

Land improvements

900,000

Building

6,000,000

Equipment

1,500,000

 

 

 

The following transactions occurred during the current year:

* A tract of land was acquired for P1,250,000 and intended definitely for use as future building site.

 

* A plant facility consisting of land and building was acquired from another entity in exchange for 100,000 Melancholy shares.

On the acquisition date, the share had a closing market price of P45 on a stock exchange.

The land facility was carried at P1,000,000 for land and P3,000,000 for the building at the exchange date.

Current appraised values for the land and building, respectively, are P1,200,000 and P2,400,000.

 

* Expenditures totaling P750,000 were made in early part of the year for new parking lot, street and sidewalk at the entity's

various plant locations. These expenditures had an estimated useful life of 15 years

 

* Equipment was purchased at a cost of P3,000,000. Freight and unloading charge of P50,000 and installation cost of P350,000

were incurred

 

* At the middle of the current year, an equipment was sold for P175,000. The original cost of the equipment acquired 2 years

ago was P500,000. The equipment was depreciated using the straight line basis over an estimated useful life of 5 years and no

residual value.

 

9. What is the total cost of land at year-end?

a. 6,250,000

b. 5,950,000

c. 5,750,000

d. 9,250,000

 

10. What is the total cost of the building at year-end?

a. 8,400,000

b. 9,000,000

c. 8,250,000

d. 8,500,000

 

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