Exercise 8-5A Allocating costs on the basis of relative market values Midwest Company purchased a building and the land on which the building is situated for a total cost of $900,000 cash. The land was appraised at $200,000 and the building at $800,000. 424 Cash Chapter 8 Assets + Land + Required a. What is the accounting term for this type of acquisition? b. Determine the amount of the purchase cost to allocate to the land and the amount to allo- cate to the building. c. Would the company recognize a gain on the purchase? Why or why not? d. Record the purchase in a statements model like the following one. Building = Liab. + Equity Rev. e. Record the purchases in general journal format. LO 2 Exp. = Net Inc. Cash Flow

Exercise 8-5A Allocating costs on the basis of relative market values Midwest Company purchased a building and the land on which the building is situated for a total cost of $900,000 cash. The land was appraised at $200,000 and the building at $800,000. 424 Cash Chapter 8 Assets + Land + Required a. What is the accounting term for this type of acquisition? b. Determine the amount of the purchase cost to allocate to the land and the amount to allo- cate to the building. c. Would the company recognize a gain on the purchase? Why or why not? d. Record the purchase in a statements model like the following one. Building = Liab. + Equity Rev. e. Record the purchases in general journal format. LO 2 Exp. = Net Inc. Cash Flow

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Allocating payments and receipts to fixed asset accounts The following payments and receipts are related to land, land improvements, and buildings acquired for use in a wholesale ceramic business. The receipts are identified by an asterisk. a. Fee paid to attorney for title search 2,500 b. Cost of real estate acquired as a plant site: Land 285,000 Building (to be demolished) 55,000 c. Delinquent real estate taxes on property, assumed by purchaser 15,500 d. Cost of tearing down and removing building acquired In (b) 5,000 e. Proceeds from sale of salvage materials from old building 4,000 f. Special assessment paid to city for extension of water main to the property 29,000 g. Architects and engineers fees for plans and supervision 60,000 h. Premium on one-year insurance policy during construction 6,000 i. Cost of filling and grading land 12,000 j. Money borrowed to pay building contractor 900,000 k. Cost of repairing windstorm damage during construction 5,500 1. Cost of paving parking lot to be used by customers 32,000 m. Cost of trees and shrubbery planted 11,000 n. Cost of floodlights installed on parking lot 2,000 o. Cost of repairing vandalism damage during construction 2,500 p. Proceeds from insurance company for windstorm and vandalism damage 7,500 q. Payment to building contractor for new building 800,000 r. Interest incurred on building loan during construction 34,500 s. Refund of premium on insurance policy (h) canceled after 11 months 500 Instructions 1.Assign each payment and receipt to Land (unlimited life), Land Improvements (limited life), Building, or Other Accounts. Indicate receipts by an asterisk. Identify each item by letter and list the amounts in columnar form, as follows: Item Land Land improvements Building Other Accounts 2.Determine the amount debited to Land, Land Improvements, and Building. 3.The costs assigned to the land, which is used as a plant site, will not be depreciated, while the costs assigned to land improvements will be depreciated. Explain this seemingly contradictory application of the concept of depreciation. 4.What would be the effect on the current years income statement and balance sheet if the cost of filling and grading land of 12,000 [payment (i)] was incorrectly classified as Land Improvements rather than Land? Assume that Land Improvements are depreciated over a 20-year life using the double-declining-balance method.