Murphy Self Storage purchased land, paying $160,000 cash as a down payment and signing a $185,000 note

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Murphy Self Storage purchased land, paying $160,000 cash as a down payment and signing a $185,000 note payable for the balance. Murphy also had to pay delinquent property tax of $2,000, title insurance costing $6,000, and $11,000 to level the land and remove an unwanted building. The company paid $58,000 to add soil for the foundation and then constructed an office building at a cost of $700,000. It also paid $52,000 for a fence around the property, $11,000 for the company sign near the property entrance, and $3,000 for lighting of the grounds. What is the capitalized cost of each of Murphy’s land, land improvements, and building?

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0134725987

12th edition

Authors: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.

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