On July 1, 2019, Danielle Investments Corp. (DIC) purchased land and buildings and agreed to rent the

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On July 1, 2019, Danielle Investments Corp. (DIC) purchased land and buildings and agreed to rent the facility to a non-affiliated company on a month-by-month basis. Pertinent details follow:

  • DIC paid $6.0 million for the investment property plus $200,000 in related legal fees and $100,000 to a rental agency company for negotiating the rental agreement.
  • The purchase price was allocated 80% to the building and 20% to the land.
  • The estimated useful life of the building is 30 years at which time the salvage value is expected to be $0.
  • DIC uses the straight-line method to depreciate all depreciable assets.
  • An appraisal valued the investment property at $6.4 million as at DIC’s December 31, 2019, year-end—$5.1 million building and $1.3 million land.


Required:
a. Prepare the journal entry to record the purchase of the property.
b. Prepare the year-end adjusting entries for 2019 assuming that DIC elects to use the cost model to account for its investment properties.
c. Prepare the year-end adjusting entries for 2019 assuming that DIC elects to use the fair value model to account for its investment properties.

Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 9787300071374

3rd Edition Vol. 1

Authors: Kin Lo, George Fisher

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