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Cannondale Company purchased an electric wax melter on April 30, 2014, by trading in its old gas model and paying the balance in cash. The

Cannondale Company purchased an electric wax melter on April 30, 2014, by trading in its old gas model and paying the balance in cash. The following data relate to the purchase.

List price of new melter $19,276
Cash paid 12,200
Cost of old melter (5-year life, $854 salvage value) 13,664
Accumulated Depreciation-old melter (straight-line) 7,686
Secondhand fair value of old melter 6,344

Prepare the journal entries necessary to record this exchange, assuming that the exchange (a) has commercial substance, and (b) lacks commercial substance. Cannondales year ends on December 31, and depreciation has been recorded through December 31, 2013. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

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Debit

Credit

(a)

Exchange has commercial substance:

(To record current depreciation.)

(To record exchange of the machine.)

(b)

Exchange lacks commercial substance:

(To record current depreciation.)

(To record exchange of the machine.)

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