1i) The December 1, 2020 trial balance of ABC Company included the following information:

Debit Credit

Accounts Receivable $180,000

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 1,600

Sales ( includes cash sales of $1,000,000 ) $1,400,000

Sales Discounts 12,000

Sales Returns and Allowances 4,500

ABC Company has a December 31 fiscal year end.

Instructions:

Prepare the necessary journal entry ( or entries ) for each of the following events that occurred during the month of December, 2020:

1. Dec. 2 A customers accounts receivable of $280 ( originally written off as uncollectible in March, 2020 ) was recovered and collected.

2. Dec. 15 A major customer went bankrupt. The customers accounts receivable of $26,000 was written off.

3. Dec. 31 An aging of accounts receivable at year end indicated that $6,500 of current accounts receivable are not expected to be collected.

ii) DEF Company had the following transactions during 2020. DEF Company has a December 31 fiscal year end.

1. July 1 Purchased land and an old building for a lump sum payment of $100,000 in cash. The intention was to demolish the old building and build a new manufacturing plant. The appraised value ( i.e. FMV ) of the land was $120,000 and the appraised ( i.e. FMV ) of the building was $5,000 at the time of acquisition. The old building was demolished at a cost of $2,000 in cash and $1,000 in cash was collected by the sale of the demolished building materials.

2. Dec. 31 An old truck was exchanged for a new drilling machine. Details of the exchange were:

Cost of the old truck ( Purchased on January 1, 2014 ) $8,000

Accumulated depreciation on the old truck ( as of January 1, 2020 ) 4,800

Fair market value of the new drilling machine 2,800

Note: The old truck was being depreciated on a straight-line basis with no salvage value.

The fair market value of the old truck was not known.

Instructions:

Prepare the necessary journal entries to record the above transactions ( Show calculations ).