a. Land with an assessed value of $200,000 for property tax purposes is acquired by a business

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a. Land with an assessed value of $200,000 for property tax purposes is acquired by a business for $350,000. Seven years later, the plot of land has an assessed value of $240,000 and the business receives an offer of $400,000 for it. Should the monetary amount assigned to the land in the business records now be increased?

b. Assuming that the land acquired in

(a) was sold for $400,000, how would the various elements of the accounting equation be affected?

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Accounting

ISBN: 9780324025422

20th Edition

Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Philip E. Fess

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