Entries for trade of fixed asset On October 1, Bentley Delivery Services acquired a new truck with

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Entries for trade of fixed asset On October 1, Bentley Delivery Services acquired a new truck with a list price (fair market value)

of $75,000. Bentley Delivery received a trade-in allowance (fair market value) of $24,000 on an old truck of similar type and paid cash of $51,000. The following information about the old truck is obtained from the account in the equipment ledger: cost, $56,000; accumulated depreciation on December 31, the end of the preceding fiscal year, $35,000; annual depreciation, $7,000. Assuming the exchange has commercial substance, journalize the entries to record

(a) the current depreciation of the old truck to the date of trade-in and

(b) the transaction on October 1.

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Corporate Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9781337398176

15th Edition

Authors: Carl Warren, Jefferson Jones

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