Jane Geddes Engineering Corporation purchased conveyor equipment with a list price of $10,000. Presented below are three
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(a) Geddes paid cash for the equipment 8 days after the purchase. The vendor’s credit terms are 2/10, n/30. Assume that equipment purchases are initially recorded gross.
(b) Geddes traded in equipment with a book value of $2,000 (initial cost $8,000), and paid $9,500 in cash one month after the purchase. The old equipment could have been sold for $400 at the date of trade.
(c) Geddes gave the vendor a $10,800 zero-interest-bearing note for the equipment on the date of purchase.
The note was due in one year and was paid on time. Assume that the effective-interest rate in the market was 9%.
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Prepare the general journal entries required to record the acquisition and payment in each of the independent cases above.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-1118147290
15th edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, and Terry D. Warfield
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