Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
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ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 9, Problem 3Q
To determine
Type of costs: The cost of land and building includes the following costs:
- Purchase price of land
- Attorney fees
- Real estate agent commission
- Title
- Recording fees
- Legal fees
- Architect fees
- Building construction costs
- Interest costs related to the construction
- Sale of salvaged materials
- Additional expenses :
- Clearing
- Filling and leveling of land
- Removal of old buildings
To identify: the type costs may be incurred for using only the land.
To determine
To identify: the type costs may be incurred for using both the land and the building
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