On July 1, Twin Pines Co., a water distiller, acquired new bottling equipment with a list price
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On July 1, Twin Pines Co., a water distiller, acquired new bottling equipment with a list price (fair market value) of $220,000. Twin Pines received a trade-in allowance (fair market value) of $45,000 on the old equipment of a similar type and paid cash of $175,000. The following information about the old equipment is obtained from the account in the equipment ledger: cost, $180,000; accumulated depreciation on December 31, the end of the preceding fiscal year, $120,000; annual depreciation, $12,000. Assuming the exchange has commercial substance, journalize the entries to record
(a) The current depreciation of the old equipment to the date of trade-in
(b) The exchange transaction on July 1.
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Corporate Financial Accounting
ISBN: 9781337398169
15th Edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac