On January 1, 2014, Uncomfortable Chair Airline (UCA) and No Legroom Airline (NLA) decided to exchange their aircralt. UCA provides charters for short people and wants planes owned by NLA that have no legroom. NLA has temble customer service and doesn't care if its passengers are uncomfortable and so they are interested in the planes owned by UCA. nformation about the aircraft to be exchanged is as follows: Original Cost Accumulated Depreciation UCA Airplanes $16,000,000 NIAAirolanes $14,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 Fair Value 15,000,000 13,000.000 Because the planes owned by UCA are worth more than the planes at NLA, NLA has agreed to pay UCA $2.000,000 cah in order to make the value exchanged equal for both parties. REQUIRED: If UCA does not consider the transaction to have "commercial substance" what journal entry would UCA prepare to record the exchange?

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On January 1, 2014, Uncomfortable Chair Airline (UCA) and No Legroom Airline (NLA) decided to exchange their aircralt. UCA
provides charters for short people and wants planes owned by NLA that have no legroom. NLA has terble customer service
and doesn't care if its passengers are uncomfortable and so they are interested in the planes owned by UCA. Information about
the aircraft to be exchanged is as follows:
Original Cost
Accumulated Depreciation
Fair Value
UCA Airplanes
$16,000,000
NLA Airplanes
$14,000,000
7,000,000
6,000,000
15,000,000
13,000,000
Because the planes owned by UCA are worth more than the planes at NLA, NLA has agreed to pay UCA $2.000,000 cash in
order to make the value exchanged equal for both parties.
REQUIRED: If UCA does not consider the transaction to have "commercial substance, what journal entry would UCA prepare to
record the exchange?
Transcribed Image Text:On January 1, 2014, Uncomfortable Chair Airline (UCA) and No Legroom Airline (NLA) decided to exchange their aircralt. UCA provides charters for short people and wants planes owned by NLA that have no legroom. NLA has terble customer service and doesn't care if its passengers are uncomfortable and so they are interested in the planes owned by UCA. Information about the aircraft to be exchanged is as follows: Original Cost Accumulated Depreciation Fair Value UCA Airplanes $16,000,000 NLA Airplanes $14,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 Because the planes owned by UCA are worth more than the planes at NLA, NLA has agreed to pay UCA $2.000,000 cash in order to make the value exchanged equal for both parties. REQUIRED: If UCA does not consider the transaction to have "commercial substance, what journal entry would UCA prepare to record the exchange?
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