During the first few days of the year, Jules Company entered into the following transactions:

1. Purchased a parcel of land with a building on it for \(\$ 900,000\) cash. The building, which will be used in operations, has an estimated useful life of 20 years and a salvage value of \(\$ 60,000\). The assessed valuations for property tax purposes show the land at \(\$ 80,000\) and the building at \(\$ 720,000\).

2. Paid \(\$ 31,200\) for the construction of an asphalt parking lot for customers. The parking lot is expected to last 12 years and has no salvage value.

3. Paid \(\$ 50,000\) for the construction of a new entrance to the building.

4. Purchased store equipment, paying the invoice price (including seven percent sales tax) of \(\$ 78,760\) in cash. The estimated useful life of the equipment is eight years, and the salvage value is \(\$ 6,000\).

5. Paid \(\$ 240\) freight on the new equipment.

6. Paid \(\$ 1,650\) to repair damages to floor caused when the store equipment was accidentally dropped as it was moved into place.

7. Paid \(\$ 75\) for an umbrella holder to place inside front door (customers may place wet umbrellas in the holder). The holder is expected to last 20 years.

Required

a. Prepare journal entries to record these transactions.

b. Prepare the December 31 journal entries to record depreciation expense for the year. Doubledeclining balance depreciation is used for the equipment, and straight-line depreciation is used for the building and parking lot.