Lopez Sales Company had the following balances in its accounts on January 1, 2018: Cash...................................$42,000 Merchandise Inventory......36,000
Question:
Lopez Sales Company had the following balances in its accounts on January 1, 2018:
Cash...................................$42,000
Merchandise Inventory......36,000
Land......................................50,000
Common Stock....................70,000
Retained Earnings...............58,000
Lopez experienced the following events during 2018:
1. Sold merchandise inventory that cost $22,000 for $40,500.
2. Sold land that cost $30,000 for $46,000.
Required
a. Determine the amount of gross margin recognized by Lopez.
b. Determine the amount of the gain on the sale of land recognized by Lopez.
c. Comment on how the gross margin versus the gain will be recognized on the income statement.
d. Comment on how the gross margin versus the gain will be recognized on the statement of cash flows.
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Survey of Accounting
ISBN: 978-1259631122
5th edition
Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds, Philip Olds, Frances McNair, Bor Yi Tsay